eitpheil

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Irish

Etymology

eit(leog) (“volley”) +‎ peil (“ball, football”); calque of English volleyball

Pronunciation

Noun

eitpheil f (genitive singular eitpheile, nominative plural eitpheileanna)

  1. volleyball (game; ball)

Declension

Declension of eitpheil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eitpheil eitpheileanna
vocative a eitpheil a eitpheileanna
genitive eitpheile eitpheileanna
dative eitpheil eitpheileanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an eitpheil na heitpheileanna
genitive na heitpheile na n-eitpheileanna
dative leis an eitpheil
don eitpheil 		leis na heitpheileanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitpheil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eitpheil n-eitpheil heitpheil not applicable

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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