uirlis

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier (still dialectal) oirnis, from Middle Irish airnéis (“possessions; cattle, stock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːɾˠl̠ʲəʃ/

Noun

uirlis f (genitive singular uirlise, nominative plural uirlisí)

  1. tool, implement
  2. (music) instrument
    Synonyms: adhbh cheoil, gléas ceoil, ionstraim, uirlis cheoil

Declension

Declension of uirlis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uirlis uirlisí
vocative a uirlis a uirlisí
genitive uirlise uirlisí
dative uirlis uirlisí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uirlis na huirlisí
genitive na huirlise na n-uirlisí
dative leis an uirlis
don uirlis 		leis na huirlisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of uirlis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uirlis n-uirlis huirlis 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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