paitsiúlaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English patchouli, from French, from Tamil.

Noun

paitsiúlaí m (genitive singular paitsiúlaí, nominative plural paitsiúlaithe)

1. patchouli (plant, oil derived from plant)

Declension

Declension of paitsiúlaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative paitsiúlaí paitsiúlaithe vocative a phaitsiúlaí a phaitsiúlaithe genitive paitsiúlaí paitsiúlaithe dative paitsiúlaí paitsiúlaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an paitsiúlaí na paitsiúlaithe genitive an phaitsiúlaí na bpaitsiúlaithe dative leis an bpaitsiúlaí don phaitsiúlaí leis na paitsiúlaithe

Synonyms

• (oil): ola phaitsiúlaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of paitsiúlaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paitsiúlaí	phaitsiúlaí	bpaitsiúlaí

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) “paitsiúlaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “patchouli”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024