aelus

Irish

Etymology

From ae (“liver”) +‎ lus (“plant, herb”).

Noun

aelus m (genitive singular aelusa, nominative plural aelusanna)

1. liverwort

Declension

Declension of aelus

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aelus aelusanna Vocative a aelus a aelusanna Genitive aelusa aelusanna Dative aelus aelusanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aelus na haelusanna Genitive an aelusa na n-aelusanna Dative leis an aelus don aelus leis na haelusanna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aelus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “liverwort”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aelus”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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