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IRISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

oil.

disgrace, reproach; act of reproaching

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛlʲ//ɪlʲ/

  1. disgrace, reproach; act of reproaching

    feminine · literary

  2. blemish, defect

    feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ail, oil (“disgrace, reproach”).

verb/ɛlʲ//ɪlʲ/

  1. nourish, rear, foster

    transitive
    Gach dalta mar a oiltear.

  2. train, educate

    transitive
    lámh oilte
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ailid, oilid (“nourishes, rears, fosters”) (compare altram (“fosterage”), from a verbal noun of ailid).

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