mairteoil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mart (“heifer”) +‎ feoil (“meat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic mairtfheòil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠaɾʲtʲoːlʲ/

Noun

mairteoil f (genitive singular mairteola)

  1. beef

Declension

Declension of mairteoil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative mairteoil
vocative a mhairteoil
genitive mairteola
dative mairteoil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhairteoil
genitive na mairteola
dative leis an mairteoil
don mhairteoil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mairteoil
radical lenition eclipsis
mairteoil mhairteoil not applicable

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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