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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ailp ailpeanna
Vocative a ailp a ailpeanna
Genitive ailpe ailpeanna
Dative ailp ailpeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ailp na hailpeanna
Genitive na hailpe na n-ailpeanna
Dative leis an ailp

don ailp

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

Noun

ailp m

  1. genitive singular of alp

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ailp n-ailp hailp not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ailpn-ailph-ailpt-ailp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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