articol

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin articulus.

Noun

articol m (genitive articuil, nominative plural articuil)

1. (grammar) article

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	articol	articolL	articuilL
vocative	articuil	articolL	articluH
accusative	articolN	articolL	articluH
genitive	articuilL	articol	articolN
dative	articolL	articlaib	articlaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: airteagal
• Scottish Gaelic: airteagal

Mutation

Mutation of articol

radical	lenition	nasalization
articol (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	articol	n-articol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “articol, airtecal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin articulus, French article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ar.ˈti.kol]

• Audio:

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Noun

articol n (plural articole)

1. article (story, report, or opinion piece)
2. (grammar) article

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	articol	articolul		articole	articolele
genitive-dative	articol	articolului		articole	articolelor
vocative	articolule			articolelor

Further reading

• “articol”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025