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 forms
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish alp, from Proto-Celtic *alb- (“hill, highland”), which, according to Delamarre, is from *albiyū (“the luminous world”).[1] Often compared to Latin Alpes (English Alps) but the relationship between these words (and its Romance descendants) is unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɫp/

Noun

ailp m

  1. alternative form of alp

Noun

ailp

  1. genitive singular of alp

Noun

ailp m

  1. elephant

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of ailp
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailp n-ailp h-ailp t-ailp

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

References

  1. ^ Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Paris, Errance, 2003, 2e éd., 440 p. 37-38
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