ucailéile

Irish

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Noun

ucailéile f (genitive singular ucailéile, nominative plural ucailéilí)

1. (music) ukulele

Declension

Declension of ucailéile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ucailéile ucailéilí Vocative a ucailéile a ucailéilí Genitive ucailéile ucailéilí Dative ucailéile ucailéilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ucailéile na hucailéilí Genitive na hucailéile na n-ucailéilí Dative leis an ucailéile don ucailéile leis na hucailéilí

Mutation

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

Further reading

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