urchuil

Irish

Etymology

From ur- +‎ cuil.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠxəl̪ˠ/ (as if spelled urchall)

Noun

urchuil f (genitive singular urchuile, nominative plural urchuileanna)

1. cricket (insect)

   Synonym: criogar

Declension

Declension of urchuil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative urchuil urchuila vocative a urchuil a urchuila genitive urchuile urchuil dative urchuil urchuila forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an urchuil na hurchuila genitive na hurchuile na n-urchuil dative leis an urchuil don urchuil leis na hurchuila

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchuil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchuil	n-urchuil	hurchuil	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ur-ċuil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 780
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN