teilifís

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Irish

Etymology

From teili- (“tele-”) +‎ fís (“sight, vision; dream”), a calque of English television with phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛlʲɪfʲiːʃ/

Noun

teilifís f (genitive singular teilifíse)

  1. television (the medium, or the programs collectively)

Declension

Declension of teilifís (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative teilifís
vocative a theilifís
genitive teilifíse
dative teilifís
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an teilifís
genitive na teilifíse
dative leis an teilifís
don teilifís

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of teilifís
radical lenition eclipsis
teilifís theilifís dteilifís

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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