ailp

Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly from the root of Scottish Gaelic ailp (“highland, hill, mountain”).

Noun

ailp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

1. lump, chunk
2. knob

Declension

Declension of ailp (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ailp ailpeanna vocative a ailp a ailpeanna genitive ailpe ailpeanna dative ailp ailpeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ailp na hailpeanna genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna dative leis an ailp don ailp leis na hailpeanna

• Alternative plural: ailpeacha, ailpreacha

Alternative forms

• alp

Derived terms

• ailp de dhuine (“chunky person”)
• grá don ailp, grá na hailpe (“cupboard love”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ailp m

1. genitive singular of alp

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailp

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish alp, from Proto-Celtic *alb- (“hill, highland”), which, according to Delamarre, is from *albiyū (“the luminous world”). Often compared to Latin Alpes (English Alps) but the relationship between these words (and its Romance descendants) is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫp/

Noun

ailp m

1. Alternative form of alp

Noun

ailp

1. genitive singular of alp

Noun

ailp m

1. elephant

Synonyms

• ailbhean

Mutation

Mutation of ailp

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailp	n-ailp	h-ailp	t-ailp

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