antalóp

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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)

  1. antelope (African and Asian animal; its meat)

Declension

Declension of antalóp (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative antalóp antalóip
vocative a antalóip a antalópa
genitive antalóip antalóp
dative antalóp antalóip
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-antalóp na hantalóip
genitive an antalóip na n-antalóp
dative leis an antalóp
don antalóp 		leis na hantalóip

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of antalóp
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
antalóp n-antalóp hantalóp t-antalóp

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

Further reading

  • “antelope”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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