ailpéir

Irish

Noun

ailpéir m (genitive singular ailpéara, nominative plural ailpéirí)

1. Alternative form of alpaire (“voracious eater; grabber”)

Declension

Declension of ailpéir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ailpéir ailpéirí Vocative a ailpéir a ailpéirí Genitive ailpéara ailpéirí Dative ailpéir ailpéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ailpéir na hailpéirí Genitive an ailpéara na n-ailpéirí Dative leis an ailpéir don ailpéir leis na hailpéirí

Mutation

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

References

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