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Definition 2024
alpúil
alpúil
Irish
Adjective
alpúil (genitive singular masculine alpúil, genitive singular feminine alpúla, plural alpúla, comparative alpúla)
- Alternative form of alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”)
Declension
Declension of alpúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alpúil | alpúil¹ | alpúla³ | |
| Vocative | alpúil¹ | alpúla | ||
| Genitive | alpúil¹ (archaic) alpúla¹ |
alpúla | alpúla | alpúil |
| Dative | alpúil² | alpúil¹ | alpúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos alpúla | |||
| Superlative | is alpúla | |||
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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alpúil | n-alpúil | halpúil | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "alpúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.