failpéir

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Irish

Etymology

From failp (“whip, strike (with cane, etc.)”) +‎ -éir (agent suffix).

Noun

failpéir m (genitive singular failpéara, nominative plural failpéirí)

  1. sponger, toady

Declension

Declension of failpéir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative failpéir failpéirí
vocative a fhailpéir a fhailpéirí
genitive failpéara failpéirí
dative failpéir failpéirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an failpéir na failpéirí
genitive an fhailpéara na bhfailpéirí
dative leis an bhfailpéir
don fhailpéir 		leis na failpéirí

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Mutation

Mutated forms of failpéir
radical lenition eclipsis
failpéir fhailpéir bhfailpéir

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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