aiféilean
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (compare Latin aphelium).
Noun
[edit]aiféilean m (genitive singular aiféilin, nominative plural aiféilin)
- (astronomy) aphelion (the point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun)
- Synonym: cianphointe ó ghrian
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aiféilean | n-aiféilean | haiféilean | t-aiféilean |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiféilean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aiféilean”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm