apastróf

Irish

From Old Irish apostroiph, from Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn”).

apastróf f (genitive singular apastróife, nominative plural apastrófa)

Declension of apastróf (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an apastróf	na hapastrófa
genitive	na hapastróife	na n-apastróf
dative	leis an apastróf don apastróf	leis na hapastrófa

Mutated forms of *apastróf*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apastróf	n-apastróf	hapastróf	not applicable

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “apastróf”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apostroiph”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language