uirlis
Irish
Etymology
From earlier (still dialectal) oirnis, from Middle Irish airnéis (“possessions; cattle, stock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːɾˠl̠ʲəʃ/
Noun
uirlis f (genitive singular uirlise, nominative plural uirlisí)
- tool, implement
- (music) instrument
- Synonyms: adhbh cheoil, gléas ceoil, ionstraim, ionstraim cheoil, uirlis cheoil
Declension
Declension of uirlis
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uirlis | n-uirlis | huirlis | 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), “uirlis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “uirlis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “uirlis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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