alpúil

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alpúil (genitive singular masculine alpúil, genitive singular feminine alpúla, plural alpúla, comparative alpúla)

  1. alternative form of alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”)

Declension

Declension of alpúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative alpúil alpúil alpúla
vocative alpúil alpúla
genitive alpúla alpúla alpúil
dative alpúil alpúil alpúla
Comparative níos alpúla
Superlative is alpúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpúil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alpúil n-alpúil halpúil 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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