aiféaltas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithméltas (compare aithméla f (“shame, discomfiture; regret, remorse; grief”), modern aiféala).

Noun

aiféaltas m (genitive singular aiféaltais)

  1. shame, embarrassment
  2. regret

Declension

Declension of aiféaltas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiféaltas
vocative a aiféaltais
genitive aiféaltais
dative aiféaltas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aiféaltas
genitive an aiféaltais
dative leis an aiféaltas
don aiféaltas
  • aiféalach (“regretful, sorrowful; shamefaced, shy”, adjective)
  • aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiféaltas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiféaltas n-aiféaltas haiféaltas t-aiféaltas

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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