tiuf-teaf

Irish

tiuf-teaf

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲufˠˌtʲafˠ/

Noun

tiuf-teaf m (genitive singular tiuf-teaf, nominative plural tiuf-teafanna)

1. chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Declension

Declension of tiuf-teaf (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tiuf-teaf tiuf-teafanna vocative a thiuf-teaf a thiuf-teafanna genitive tiuf-teaf tiuf-teafanna dative tiuf-teaf tiuf-teafanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tiuf-teaf na tiuf-teafanna genitive an tiuf-teaf na dtiuf-teafanna dative leis an tiuf-teaf don tiuf-teaf leis na tiuf-teafanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiuf-teaf

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tiuf-teaf	thiuf-teaf	dtiuf-teaf

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) “tiuf-teaf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN