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Niall

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish Niall or Scottish Gaelic Niall, ultimately from Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and nïa (“champion”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd- (“to revile”).[1] Doublet of Neil.

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Proper noun

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Niall

  1. A male given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic used in Ireland and Scotland since the Middle Ages.
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References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “niadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and nïa (“champion”).

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Niall m (genitive Néill)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Níall, of uncertain original meaning. Suggestions include nél (“cloud”) and nïa (“champion”).

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Proper noun

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Niall m (genitive Nèill, vocative a Nèill)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Neil

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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