veilbhit

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English velvet, from Old French veluotte, from Latin villus (“tuft, down”).

Noun

veilbhit f (genitive singular veilbhite)

1. velvet

Declension

Declension of veilbhit (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative veilbhit vocative a veilbhit genitive veilbhite dative veilbhit forms with the definite article case singular nominative an veilbhit genitive na veilbhite dative leis an veilbhit don veilbhit

Derived terms

• veilbhitín m (“velveteen”)
• veilbhitiúil (“velvety”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “veilbhit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN