failpéir

Irish

Etymology

From failp (“whip, strike (with cane, etc.)”) +‎ -éir (agent suffix).

Noun

failpéir m (genitive singular failpéara, nominative plural failpéirí)

1. sponger, toady

Declension

Declension of failpéir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative failpéir failpéirí vocative a fhailpéir a fhailpéirí genitive failpéara failpéirí dative failpéir failpéirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an failpéir na failpéirí genitive an fhailpéara na bhfailpéirí dative leis an bhfailpéir don fhailpéir leis na failpéirí

Synonyms

• (toady): blitsín, líodóir, lútálaí, Seoinín, slusaí, súdaire, táthaire

Derived terms

• failpéireacht f (“(act of) sponging, toadying”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of failpéir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
failpéir	fhailpéir	bhfailpéir

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