ailbheolach

Irish

Etymology

From ailbheolas (“alveolus”) +‎ -ach, a calque of English alveolar.

Adjective

ailbheolach (genitive singular masculine ailbheolaigh, genitive singular feminine ailbheolaí, plural ailbheolacha, not comparable)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Declension of ailbheolach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	ailbheolach	ailbheolach	ailbheolacha
vocative	ailbheolaigh		ailbheolacha
genitive		ailbheolaí	strong noun	weak noun
			ailbheolacha	ailbheolach
dative	ailbheolach	ailbheolach; ailbheolaigh (archaic)	ailbheolacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailbheolach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailbheolach	n-ailbheolach	hailbheolach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailbheolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN