xileafón

Irish

Etymology

From xilea- (“xylo-”) +‎ -fón (“-phone”).

Noun

xileafón m (genitive singular xileafóin, nominative plural xileafóin)

1. (music) xylophone

Declension

Declension of xileafón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative xileafón xileafóin Vocative a xileafóin a xileafóna Genitive xileafóin xileafón Dative xileafón xileafóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an xileafón na xileafóin Genitive an xileafóin na xileafón Dative leis an xileafón don xileafón leis na xileafóin

Derived terms

• xileafónaí m (“xylophone player”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “xileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “xylophone”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “xileafón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm