héileacaptar

Irish

Etymology

From English helicopter, from French hélicoptère, from Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, “wing”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheː.l̪ʲəˌkapˠ.t̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

héileacaptar m (genitive singular héileacaptair, nominative plural héileacaptair)

1. helicopter

Declension

Declension of héileacaptar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative héileacaptar héileacaptair vocative a héileacaptair a héileacaptara genitive héileacaptair héileacaptar dative héileacaptar héileacaptair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an héileacaptar na héileacaptair genitive an héileacaptair na héileacaptar dative leis an héileacaptar don héileacaptar leis na héileacaptair

Mutation

Mutated forms of héileacaptar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
héileacaptar	not applicable	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “héileacaptar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “héileacaptar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “héileacaptar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025