ailbhean

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • oileabhan, oillbheint, oilleabhaint

Etymology

From Middle Irish elifaint, borrowed from Old French olifant. Cognate with Irish eilifint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl̪ɛvan/
  • Hyphenation: ail‧bhean

Noun

ailbhean m

  1. elephant

Declension

Declension of ailbhean (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative ailbhean ailbheanan
genitive ailbhein ailbheanan
dative ailbhean ailbheanan; ailbheanaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) t-ailbhean (na) h-ailbheanan
genitive (an) ailbhein (nan) ailbheanan
dative (an) ailbhean (na) h-ailbheanan; h-ailbheanaibh✝
vocative ailbhein ailbheanan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of ailbhean
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailbhean n-ailbhean h-ailbhean t-ailbhean

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “ailbhean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 16
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.