umal

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: u‧mal

Noun

umal

  1. a piece of land depleted of minerals due to agriculture

Verb

umal

  1. to cause the soil to become barren or infertile

Adjective

umal

  1. (of soil) not fertile; infertile; not producing vegetation; barren

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

umal

  1. mute person; someone who does not speak at all or has difficulty speaking

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humilis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuṽal/

Adjective

umal

  1. humble; obedient
  2. obedient, submissive, subject [+ do (object) = to]
  3. ready, willing [+ le (object) = to]

Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative umal umal umal
Vocative umail*
umal**
Accusative umal umail
Genitive umail uimle umail
Dative umal umail umal
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative umail umla
Vocative umlu
umla†
Accusative umlu
umla†
Genitive umal
Dative uimlib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: umhal
  • Scottish Gaelic: ùmhal

Noun

umal m

  1. humble, obedient person

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative umal umalL umailL
Vocative umail umalL umluH
Accusative umalN umalL umluH
Genitive umailL umal umalN
Dative umalL uimlib uimlib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
umal unchanged n-umal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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