airp

Irish

Etymology

From Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”).

Noun

airp f (genitive singular airpe, nominative plural airpeanna)

  1. harpy (a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture)

Declension

Declension of airp (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative airp airpeanna
vocative a airp a airpeanna
genitive airpe airpeanna
dative airp airpeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an airp na hairpeanna
genitive na hairpe na n-airpeanna
dative leis an airp
don airp 		leis na hairpeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of airp
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airp n-airp hairp 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

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