starrfhiacail

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From starr (“prominence, projection”) +‎ fiacail (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠt̪ˠaɾˠˌiəkəlʲ/[2]

Noun

starrfhiacail f (genitive singular starrfhiacaile, nominative plural starrfhiacla)

  1. bucktooth, projecting tooth, prominent tooth
  2. tusk
  3. fang, canine tooth

Declension

Declension of starrfhiacail (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative starrfhiacail starrfhiacla
vocative a starrfhiacail a starrfhiacla
genitive starrfhiacaile starrfhiacla
dative starrfhiacail starrfhiacla
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an starrfhiacail na starrfhiacla
genitive na starrfhiacaile na starrfhiacla
dative leis an starrfhiacail
don starrfhiacail 		leis na starrfhiacla

Derived terms

  • starrfhiaclach

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiacail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 311
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 439, page 141

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