antalóp

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin ant(h)alopus, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).

Noun

antalóp m (genitive singular antalóip, nominative plural antalóip)

1. antelope (African and Asian animal; its meat)

Declension

Declension of antalóp

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative antalóp antalóip Vocative a antalóip a antalópa Genitive antalóip antalóp Dative antalóp antalóip

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-antalóp na hantalóip Genitive an antalóip na n-antalóp Dative leis an antalóp don antalóp leis na hantalóip

Derived terms

• antalóp ceithre-adharcach (“four-horned antelope”)
• antalóp saigeach (“saiga”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “antelope”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024