alfa-gha

Irish

Etymology

From alfa (“alpha”) +‎ ga (“ray”).

Noun

alfa-gha m (genitive singular alfa-gha, nominative plural alfa-ghathanna)

1. (physics) alpha ray

Declension

Declension of alfa-gha (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna vocative a alfa-gha a alfa-ghathanna genitive alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna dative alfa-gha alfa-ghathanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alfa-gha na halfa-ghathanna genitive an alfa-gha na n-alfa-ghathanna dative leis an alfa-gha don alfa-gha leis na halfa-ghathanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of alfa-gha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alfa-gha	n-alfa-gha	halfa-gha	t-alfa-gha

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) “alfa-gha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN