uirlis
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier (still dialectal) oirnis, from Middle Irish airnéis (“possessions; cattle, stock”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituirlis f (genitive singular uirlise, nominative plural uirlisí)
- tool, implement
- (music) instrument
- Synonyms: adhbh cheoil, gléas ceoil, ionstraim, uirlis cheoil
Declension
editDeclension of uirlis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uirlis | n-uirlis | huirlis | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uirlis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uirlis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uirlis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024