idirstad

Irish

Etymology

From idir- (“inter-, between”) +‎ stad (“stop”).

Noun

idirstad m (genitive singular idirstad, nominative plural idirstadanna)

1. colon (punctuation mark)

Declension

Declension of idirstad

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative idirstad idirstadanna Vocative a idirstad a idirstadanna Genitive idirstad idirstadanna Dative idirstad idirstadanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-idirstad na hidirstadanna Genitive an idirstad na n-idirstadanna Dative leis an idirstad don idirstad leis na hidirstadanna

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idirstad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN