teileafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone.

Noun

teileafón m (genitive singular teileafóin, nominative plural teileafóin)

  1. telephone
    Synonym: guthán

Declension

Declension of teileafón (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative teileafón teileafóin
vocative a theileafóin a theileafóna
genitive teileafóin teileafón
dative teileafón teileafóin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an teileafón na teileafóin
genitive an teileafóin na dteileafón
dative leis an teileafón
don teileafón 		leis na teileafóin

Derived terms

  • bosca teileafóin (“telephone-box”)
  • eolaí an teileafóin (“telephone directory”)
  • fón (“phone”)
  • giolla teileafóin (“operator”)
  • leabhar teileafóin (“telephone book”)
  • líne teileafóin f (“telephone line”)
  • malartán teileafóin (“telephone exchange”)
  • teileafón cárta (“cardphone”)
  • teileafón póca (“cellphone”)
  • teileafónach (“telephonic”, adjective)
  • teileafónaí (“telephonist”)
  • teileafónaíocht (“telephony”)
  • uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teileafón
radical lenition eclipsis
teileafón theileafón dteileafón

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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