eitleán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From eitil (“fly”, verb) +‎ -án. Compare Scottish Gaelic itealan.

Pronunciation

Noun

eitleán m (genitive singular eitleáin, nominative plural eitleáin)

  1. airplane
    Synonym: (obsolete) bád aeir

Declension

Declension of eitleán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eitleán eitleáin
vocative a eitleáin a eitleána
genitive eitleáin eitleán
dative eitleán eitleáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-eitleán na heitleáin
genitive an eitleáin na n-eitleán
dative leis an eitleán
don eitleán 		leis na heitleáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitleán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitleán n-eitleán heitleán t-eitleán

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

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