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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

Further reading

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