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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).
Noun
antalóp m (genitive singular antalóip, nominative plural antalóip)
- antelope (African and Asian animal; its meat)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| antalóp
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n-antalóp
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hantalóp
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t-antalóp
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “antelope”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024