eitpheil

Irish

Etymology

eit(leog) (“volley”) +‎ peil (“ball, football”); calque of English volleyball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtʲfʲɛlʲ/

Noun

eitpheil f (genitive singular eitpheile, nominative plural eitpheileanna)

1. volleyball (game; ball)

Declension

Declension of eitpheil (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative eitpheil eitpheileanna vocative a eitpheil a eitpheileanna genitive eitpheile eitpheileanna dative eitpheil eitpheileanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an eitpheil na heitpheileanna genitive na heitpheile na n-eitpheileanna dative leis an eitpheil don eitpheil leis na heitpheileanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of eitpheil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eitpheil	n-eitpheil	heitpheil	not applicable

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

Further reading

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