# maol
## Estonian
### Noun

maol
* adessive singular of madu

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /mˠeːl̪ˠ/, [mˠëːə̯l̪ˠ]
* (Connacht) IPA: /mˠiːlˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /mˠiːlˠ/, (older) /mˠɯːlˠ/

### Adjective

maol (genitive singular masculine maoil, genitive singular feminine maoile, plural maola, comparative maoile)
* bald
* bare
* unprotected
    Is maol gualainn gan bhráthair.It is not good to stand alone. (proverb)
* hornless
* cropped
* roofless, dismantled
* edgeless, blunt
* flattened; (geometry) obtuse
* (music, of tone) flat
* dense, obtuse
* late in day
* (intensifying)
    Bhí sé maol marbh.He was stone dead; he was in a dead faint.

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* maoil (“hillock”)
* maoile (“baldness”)
* maoilín
* maolagán (“person with cropped hair”)
* maolaigh (“to make or become bald”)
* maolbhriste
* Maolcheann (“Roundhead”)

### Noun

maol m or f (genitive singular maoil or maoile, nominative plural maoil or maola)
* bare, bald object
* (literary) devotee
* servant
* blunt object
* dense, obtuse, person.
* (music) flat

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
maol
maoil
vocative
a mhaoil
a mhaola
genitive
maoil
maol
dative
maol
maoil
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an maol
na maoil
genitive
an mhaoil
na maol
dative
leis an maol don mhaol
leis na maoil :

##### Alternative declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
maol
maola
vocative
a mhaol
a mhaola
genitive
maoile
maol
dative
maol
maola
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mhaol
na maola
genitive
na maoile
na maol
dative
leis an maol don mhaol
leis na maola :

#### Derived terms

* maol dúbailte (“double flat”)
* maol fuar (“webworm”)

### Noun

maol f (genitive singular maoile)
* Alternative form of maoil (“hillock”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
maol
vocative
a mhaol
genitive
maoile
dative
maol
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an mhaol
genitive
na maoile
dative
leis an maol don mhaol :

### Verb

maol (present analytic maolann, future analytic maolfaidh, verbal noun maoladh, past participle maoltha)
* Alternative form of maolaigh

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | maolaim | maolann tú; maolair$^†$ | maolann sé, sí | maolaimid | maolann sibh | maolann siad; maolaid$^†$ | a mhaolann; a mhaolas / a maolann* | maoltar |
| indicative | past | mhaol mé; mhaolas | mhaol tú; mhaolais | mhaol sé, sí | mhaolamar; mhaol muid | mhaol sibh; mhaolabhair | mhaol siad; mhaoladar | a mhaol / ar mhaol* | maoladh |
| indicative | past habitual | mhaolainn / maolainn‡‡ | mhaoltá / maoltá‡‡ | mhaoladh sé, sí / maoladh sé, sí‡‡ | mhaolaimis; mhaoladh muid / maolaimis‡‡; maoladh muid‡‡ | mhaoladh sibh / maoladh sibh‡‡ | mhaolaidís; mhaoladh siad / maolaidís‡‡; maoladh siad‡‡ | a mhaoladh / a maoladh* | mhaoltaí / maoltaí‡‡ |
| future | future | maolfaidh mé; maolfad | maolfaidh tú; maolfair$^†$ | maolfaidh sé, sí | maolfaimid; maolfaidh muid | maolfaidh sibh | maolfaidh siad; maolfaid$^†$ | a mhaolfaidh; a mhaolfas / a maolfaidh* | maolfar |
| conditional | conditional | mhaolfainn / maolfainn‡‡ | mhaolfá / maolfá‡‡ | mhaolfadh sé, sí / maolfadh sé, sí‡‡ | mhaolfaimis; mhaolfadh muid / maolfaimis‡‡; maolfadh muid‡‡ | mhaolfadh sibh / maolfadh sibh‡‡ | mhaolfaidís; mhaolfadh siad / maolfaidís‡‡; maolfadh siad‡‡ | a mhaolfadh / a maolfadh* | mhaolfaí / maolfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go maola mé; go maolad$^†$ | go maola tú; go maolair$^†$ | go maola sé, sí | go maolaimid; go maola muid | go maola sibh | go maola siad; go maolaid$^†$ | — | go maoltar |
| subjunctive | past | dá maolainn | dá maoltá | dá maoladh sé, sí | dá maolaimis; dá maoladh muid | dá maoladh sibh | dá maolaidís; dá maoladh siad | — | dá maoltaí |
| imperative | imperative | maolaim | maol | maoladh sé, sí | maolaimis | maolaigí; maolaidh$^†$ | maolaidís | — | maoltar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh | maoladh |
| past participle | past participle | maolta | maolta | maolta | maolta | maolta | maolta | maolta | maolta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mael ‘crop-headed’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mael ‘cropped head’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish máel (“bald, hornless, blunt”), from Proto-Celtic *mailos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɯːɫ̪/

### Adjective

maol
* bald (head etc)
* hornless
* blunt (razor etc)
* (music) flat

#### Derived terms

* bò mhaol odhar agus bò odhar mhaol

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “maol”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mael”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language