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ailpéir

ailpéir

Irish

Noun

ailpéir m ‎(genitive singular ailpéara, nominative plural ailpéirí)

Alternative form of alpaire ‎(“voracious eater; grabber”)

Declension

Declension of ailpéir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ailpéir	ailpéirí
Vocative	a ailpéir	a ailpéirí
Genitive	ailpéara	ailpéirí
Dative	ailpéir	ailpéirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ailpéir	na hailpéirí
Genitive	an ailpéara	na n-ailpéirí
Dative	leis an ailpéir don ailpéir	leis na hailpéirí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailpéir	n-ailpéir	hailpéir	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ailpéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.