peitreal

Irish

Etymology

From English petrol, from French (essence de) pétrole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛtʲɾʲəlˠ/

Noun

peitreal m (genitive singular peitril)

1. petrol, gasoline

Declension

Declension of peitreal (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative peitreal vocative a pheitril genitive peitril dative peitreal forms with the definite article singular nominative an peitreal genitive an pheitril dative leis an bpeitreal don pheitreal

Mutation

Mutated forms of peitreal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
peitreal	pheitreal	bpeitreal

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