ailp

Irish

Etymology 1

Possibly from the root of Scottish Gaelic ailp (“highland, hill, mountain”).

Noun

ailp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

1. lump, chunk
2. knob

Declension

Declension of ailp (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ailp ailpeanna vocative a ailp a ailpeanna genitive ailpe ailpeanna dative ailp ailpeanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ailp na hailpeanna genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna dative leis an ailp don ailp leis na hailpeanna

• Alternative plural: ailpeacha, ailpreacha

Alternative forms

• alp

Derived terms

• ailp de dhuine (“chunky person”)
• grá don ailp, grá na hailpe (“cupboard love”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ailp m

1. genitive singular of alp

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailp

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailp	n-ailp	hailp	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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