urchuil

Irish

Etymology

From ur- +‎ cuil.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌɾˠxəl̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled urchall)

Noun

urchuil f (genitive singular urchuile, nominative plural urchuileanna)

  1. cricket (insect)
    Synonym: criogar

Declension

Declension of urchuil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urchuil urchuila
vocative a urchuil a urchuila
genitive urchuile urchuil
dative urchuil urchuila
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an urchuil na hurchuila
genitive na hurchuile na n-urchuil
dative leis an urchuil
don urchuil
leis na hurchuila

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchuil
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urchuil n-urchuil hurchuil not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25

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