teileafón
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English telephone.
Noun
[edit]teileafón m (genitive singular teileafóin, nominative plural teileafóin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of teileafón
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- bosca teileafóin (“telephone-box”)
- eolaí an teileafóin (“telephone directory”)
- fón (“phone”)
- giolla teileafóin (“operator”)
- leabhar teileafóin (“telephone book”)
- líne teileafóin f (“telephone line”)
- malartán teileafóin (“telephone exchange”)
- teileafón cárta (“cardphone”)
- teileafón póca (“cellphone”)
- teileafónach (“telephonic”, adjective)
- teileafónaí (“telephonist”)
- teileafónaíocht (“telephony”)
- uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teileafón | theileafón | dteileafón |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teileafón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teileafón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024