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aiféilean

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, from) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, sun) (compare Latin aphelium).

Noun

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aiféilean m (genitive singular aiféilin, nominative plural aiféilin)

  1. (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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Declension of aiféilean (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aiféilean aiféilin
vocative a aiféilin a aiféileana
genitive aiféilin aiféilean
dative aiféilean aiféilin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aiféilean na haiféilin
genitive an aiféilin na n-aiféilean
dative leis an aiféilean
don aiféilean
leis na haiféilin

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aiféilean
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
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

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