hipearbóil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Noun

hipearbóil f (genitive singular hipearbóile, nominative plural hipearbóilí)

1. hyperbole

   Synonyms: áibhéil, urtheilgean

2. (geometry) hyperbola

Declension

Declension of hipearbóil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative hipearbóil hipearbóila vocative a hipearbóil a hipearbóila genitive hipearbóile hipearbóil dative hipearbóil hipearbóila forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an hipearbóil na hipearbóila genitive na hipearbóile na hipearbóil dative leis an hipearbóil don hipearbóil leis na hipearbóila

Derived terms

• hipearbóileach (“hyperbolic”, adjective) (relating to hyperbola)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hipearbóil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “hyperbola”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024