anstrólaí

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

anstrólaí m (genitive singular anstrólaí, nominative plural anstrólaithe)

1. droll person, trickster
2. Alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)

Declension

Declension of anstrólaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative anstrólaí anstrólaithe vocative a anstrólaí a anstrólaithe genitive anstrólaí anstrólaithe dative anstrólaí anstrólaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-anstrólaí na hanstrólaithe genitive an anstrólaí na n-anstrólaithe dative leis an anstrólaí don anstrólaí leis na hanstrólaithe

Derived terms

• anstrólaíocht (“drollery”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anstrólaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anstrólaí	n-anstrólaí	hanstrólaí	t-anstrólaí

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) “anstrólaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN