maolaisnéis

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Irish

Etymology

From maol +‎ faisnéis.

Noun

maolaisnéis f (genitive singular maolaisnéise, nominative plural maolaisnéisí)

  1. understatement

Declension

Declension of maolaisnéis (second declension)
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mhaolaisnéis na maolaisnéisí
genitive na maolaisnéise na maolaisnéisí
dative leis an maolaisnéis
don mhaolaisnéis
leis na maolaisnéisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of maolaisnéis
radical lenition eclipsis
maolaisnéis mhaolaisnéis 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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