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aibéil
aibéil
Irish
Noun
aibéil f (genitive singular aibéile)
Declension
Declension of aibéil
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aibéil chainte (“back-chat”)
Adjective
aibéil (genitive singular masculine aibéil, genitive singular feminine aibéile, plural aibéile, comparative aibéile)
Declension
Declension of aibéil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aibéil | aibéil¹ | aibéile³ | |
| Vocative | aibéil¹ | aibéil¹ | aibéile | |
| Genitive | aibéil¹ | aibéile | aibéile | aibéil |
| Dative | aibéil² | aibéil¹ | aibéile³ | |
| Comparative | aibéile | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- go haibéil (“quickly, soon”, adverb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aibéil | n-aibéil | haibéil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aibéil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.