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)

cricket (insect)
Synonym: criogar

Declension

Declension of urchuil

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urchuil	urchuila
Vocative	a urchuil	a urchuila
Genitive	urchuile	urchuil
Dative	urchuil	urchuila

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an urchuil	na hurchuila
Genitive	na hurchuile	na n-urchuil
Dative	leis an urchuil don urchuil	leis na hurchuila

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchuil	n-urchuil	hurchuil	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ur-ċuil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 780
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urchuil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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