ainfheoil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ain- +‎ feoil (“flesh, meat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈanˠɔlʲ/, [ˈanˠɔi̯lʲ][1]

Noun

ainfheoil f (genitive singular ainfheola)

  1. (pathology) proud flesh

Declension

Declension of ainfheoil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ainfheoil
vocative a ainfheoil
genitive ainfheola
dative ainfheoil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ainfheoil
genitive na hainfheola
dative leis an ainfheoil
don ainfheoil

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainfheoil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainfheoil n-ainfheoil hainfheoil not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 439, page 141

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