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alcaile

alcaile

Irish

Noun

alcaile f ‎(genitive singular alcaile, nominative plural alcailí)

(chemistry) alkali

Declension

Declension of alcaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alcaile	alcailí
Vocative	a alcaile	a alcailí
Genitive	alcaile	alcailí
Dative	alcaile	alcailí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an alcaile	na halcailí
Genitive	na halcaile	na n-alcailí
Dative	leis an alcaile don alcaile	leis na halcailí

Derived terms

alcaileach ‎(“alkaline”, adjective)
alcaileacht f ‎(“alkalinity”)
alcailiméadracht f ‎(“alkalimetry”)

Mutation

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

References

"alcaile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.