alpúil

Irish

Etymology

From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alpúil (genitive singular masculine alpúil, genitive singular feminine alpúla, plural alpúla, comparative alpúla)

  1. Alternative form of alpach (“voracious, greedy; grabbing”)

Declension
Declension of alpúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative alpúil alpúil alpúla
Vocative alpúil alpúla
Genitive alpúla alpúla alpúil
Dative alpúil alpúil alpúla
Comparative níos alpúla
Superlative is alpúla

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
alpúil n-alpúil halpúil not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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