alpaire
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix).
Noun
[edit]alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí)
- voracious eater
- Synonyms: airceachán, gainéan, gionachán, peasánach, slamaire
- grabber
- large stone
- Synonym: alpaire cloiche
Declension
[edit]Declension of alpaire
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- alpaire seangán m (“anteater”)
- alpaireacht f (“(act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing”)
Related terms
[edit]- alpartha (“greedy; stout, burly”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alpaire | n-alpaire | halpaire | t-alpaire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alpaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “alpaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024