ailpéir

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Irish

Noun

ailpéir m (genitive singular ailpéara, nominative plural ailpéirí)

  1. Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”)

Declension

Declension of ailpéir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ailpéir ailpéirí
vocative a ailpéir a ailpéirí
genitive ailpéara ailpéirí
dative ailpéir ailpéirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ailpéir na hailpéirí
genitive an ailpéara na n-ailpéirí
dative leis an ailpéir
don ailpéir 		leis na hailpéirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailpéir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailpéir n-ailpéir hailpéir not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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