ailigéadar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alligator.

Noun

ailigéadar m (genitive singular ailigéadair, nominative plural ailigéadair)

1. alligator

Declension

Declension of ailigéadar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ailigéadar ailigéadair vocative a ailigéadair a ailigéadara genitive ailigéadair ailigéadar dative ailigéadar ailigéadair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ailigéadar na hailigéadair genitive an ailigéadair na n-ailigéadar dative leis an ailigéadar don ailigéadar leis na hailigéadair

Derived terms

• craiceann ailigéadair (“alligator skin”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailigéadar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailigéadar	n-ailigéadar	hailigéadar	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) “ailigéadar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN