apastróf

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish apostroiph, from Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn”).

Noun

apastróf f (genitive singular apastróife, nominative plural apastrófa)

1. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Declension

Declension of apastróf (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative apastróf apastrófa vocative a apastróf a apastrófa genitive apastróife apastróf dative apastróf apastrófa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an apastróf na hapastrófa genitive na hapastróife na n-apastróf dative leis an apastróf don apastróf leis na hapastrófa

Synonyms

• aitheasc

Mutation

Mutated forms of apastróf

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apastróf	n-apastróf	hapastróf	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) “apastróf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apostroiph”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language