uirlis

Irish

Alternative forms

• uirléis, uirnéis, uirnis
• oirnis (Aran)

Etymology

From earlier (still dialectal) oirnis, from Middle Irish airnéis (“possessions; cattle, stock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːɾˠl̠ʲəʃ/

Noun

uirlis f (genitive singular uirlise, nominative plural uirlisí)

1. tool, implement
2. (music) instrument

   Synonyms: adhbh cheoil, gléas ceoil, ionstraim, uirlis cheoil

Declension

Declension of uirlis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uirlis uirlisí Vocative a uirlis a uirlisí Genitive uirlise uirlisí Dative uirlis uirlisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uirlis na huirlisí Genitive na huirlise na n-uirlisí Dative leis an uirlis don uirlis leis na huirlisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uirlis	n-uirlis	huirlis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uirlis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uirlis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uirlis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024