ucailéile

Irish

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Noun

ucailéile f (genitive singular ucailéile, nominative plural ucailéilí)

1. (music) ukulele

Declension

Declension of ucailéile (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ucailéile ucailéilí vocative a ucailéile a ucailéilí genitive ucailéile ucailéilí dative ucailéile ucailéilí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ucailéile na hucailéilí genitive na hucailéile na n-ucailéilí dative leis an ucailéile don ucailéile leis na hucailéilí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ucailéile

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ucailéile	n-ucailéile	hucailéile	not applicable

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