aistíl

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

aistíl f (genitive singular aistíola)

1. (as verbal noun) play-acting; acting strange
2. Synonym of aisteachas (“queerness; drollery”)

Declension

Declension of aistíl (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aistíl vocative a aistíl genitive aistíola dative aistíl forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aistíl genitive na haistíola dative leis an aistíl don aistíl

Mutation

Mutated forms of aistíl

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