airdeallaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From airdeall (“alertness, watchfulness; (act of) watching out”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

airdeallaí m (genitive singular airdeallaí, nominative plural airdeallaithe)

1. alert person

Declension

Declension of airdeallaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative airdeallaí airdeallaithe vocative a airdeallaí a airdeallaithe genitive airdeallaí airdeallaithe dative airdeallaí airdeallaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-airdeallaí na hairdeallaithe genitive an airdeallaí na n-airdeallaithe dative leis an airdeallaí don airdeallaí leis na hairdeallaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airdeallaí

1. inflection of airdeallach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of airdeallaí

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