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Definition ail

Etymology 1

From Middle English eilen, from Old English e?lan, e?lian (“to trouble, afflict”), cognate with Gothic ?????? (agljan, “to distress”).

Verb

ail (third-person singular simple present ails, present participle ailing, simple past and past participle ailed)

1. (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
2. (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

Noun

ail (plural ails)

1. (obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eyle, eile, from Old English e?le (“hideous, loathsome, hateful, horrid, troublesome, grievous, painful”). Cognate with Gothic ????? (aglus, “hard, difficult”).

Adjective

ail (comparative ailer or more ail, superlative ailest or most ail)

1. (obsolete) Painful; troublesome.

Etymology 3

From Middle English eile, eyle, ei?le, from Old English e?l (“an ail; awn; beard of barley; mote”), from Proto-Germanic *agil? (“awn”). Cognate with German Achel, Egel, Ägel.

Noun

ail (plural ails)

1. The awn of barley or other types of corn.

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