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áiféis

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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áiféis f (genitive singular áiféise)

  1. exaggeration, boasting
  2. nonsense
    Synonyms: amaidí, seafóid
  3. drollery

Declension

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Declension of áiféis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative áiféis
vocative a áiféis
genitive áiféise
dative áiféis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an áiféis
genitive na háiféise
dative leis an áiféis
don áiféis

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of áiféis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áiféis n-áiféis háiféis not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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