alpúil
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]alpúil (genitive singular masculine alpúil, genitive singular feminine alpúla, plural alpúla, comparative alpúla)
- Alternative form of alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | alpúil | alpúil | alpúla | |
| vocative | alpúil | alpúla | ||
| genitive | alpúla | alpúla | alpúil | |
| dative | alpúil | alpúil | alpúla | |
| Comparative | níos alpúla | |||
| Superlative | is alpúla | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpúil | n-alpúil | halpúil | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN