archaingeal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish archaingel, from Latin archangelus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχάγγελος (arkhángelos).

Noun

archaingeal m (genitive singular archaingil, nominative plural archaingil)

1. Synonym of ardaingeal (“archangel”)

Declension

Declension of archaingeal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative archaingeal archaingil Vocative a archaingil a archaingeala Genitive archaingil archaingeal Dative archaingeal archaingil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-archaingeal na harchaingil Genitive an archaingil na n-archaingeal Dative leis an archaingeal don archaingeal leis na harchaingil

• Irregular vocative plural: archaingle

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
archaingeal	n-archaingeal	harchaingeal	t-archaingeal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arc(h)aingel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “arċaingeal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 38
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “archaingeal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN