alcaile

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

Noun

alcaile f (genitive singular alcaile, nominative plural alcailí)

  1. (chemistry) alkali

Declension

Declension of alcaile (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alcaile alcailí
vocative a alcaile a alcailí
genitive alcaile alcailí
dative alcaile alcailí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an alcaile na halcailí
genitive na halcaile na n-alcailí
dative leis an alcaile
don alcaile 		leis na halcailí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcaile
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alcaile n-alcaile halcaile not applicable

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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