teilifís

Irish

Etymology

From teili- (“tele-”) +‎ fís (“sight, vision; dream”), a calque of English television with phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛlʲɪfʲiːʃ/

Noun

teilifís f (genitive singular teilifíse)

1. television (the medium, or the programs collectively)

Declension

Declension of teilifís (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative teilifís vocative a theilifís genitive teilifíse dative teilifís forms with the definite article case singular nominative an teilifís genitive na teilifíse dative leis an teilifís don teilifís

Derived terms

• teilifíseán (“television set”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teilifís

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teilifís	theilifís	dteilifís

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.