oftailmeolaí

Irish

Etymology

From oftailmi- (“ophthalmo-”) +‎ eolaí (“scientist; -ologist”).

Noun

oftailmeolaí m (genitive singular oftailmeolaí, nominative plural oftailmeolaithe)

1. ophthalmologist

Declension

Declension of oftailmeolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oftailmeolaí oftailmeolaithe vocative a oftailmeolaí a oftailmeolaithe genitive oftailmeolaí oftailmeolaithe dative oftailmeolaí oftailmeolaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-oftailmeolaí na hoftailmeolaithe genitive an oftailmeolaí na n-oftailmeolaithe dative leis an oftailmeolaí don oftailmeolaí leis na hoftailmeolaithe

Related terms

• oftailmeolaíocht f (“ophthalmology”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of oftailmeolaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oftailmeolaí	n-oftailmeolaí	hoftailmeolaí	t-oftailmeolaí

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) “oftailmeolaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oftailmeolaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “oftailmeolaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024