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Definition 2024

alpaire

alpaire

Irish

Alternative forms

ailpéir m
alpachán m

Noun

alpaire m ‎(genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí)

Declension

Declension of alpaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alpaire	alpairí
Vocative	a alpaire	a alpairí
Genitive	alpaire	alpairí
Dative	alpaire	alpairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-alpaire	na halpairí
Genitive	an alpaire	na n-alpairí
Dative	leis an alpaire don alpaire	leis na halpairí

Synonyms

(voracious eater): airceachán, gainéan, gionachán, peasánach, slamaire
(grabber): antlachán, cantálaí, cúblálaí, glámaire, grabálaí, scramaire
(large stone): alpaire cloiche

Mutation

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

References

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