ailbheolas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

Noun

ailbheolas m (genitive singular ailbheolais)

1. (anatomy) alveolus

Declension

Declension of ailbheolas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ailbheolas vocative a ailbheolais genitive ailbheolais dative ailbheolas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ailbheolas genitive an ailbheolais dative leis an ailbheolas don ailbheolas

Related terms

• ailbheolach (“alveolar”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailbheolas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailbheolas	n-ailbheolas	hailbheolas	not applicable

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

References

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