apacailipsis

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apocalypsis (compare Old Irish abcolips), from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).

Noun

apacailipsis m (genitive singular apacailipsis)

1. (Christianity) apocalypse

Declension

Declension of apacailipsis

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative apacailipsis Vocative a apacailipsis Genitive apacailipsis Dative apacailipsis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-apacailipsis Genitive an apacailipsis Dative leis an apacailipsis don apacailipsis

Synonyms

• taispeánadh

Derived terms

• Apacailipsis (“Apocalypse”), Apacailipsis Eoin (“Apocalypse of John”)

Related terms

• apacailipteach (“apocalyptic”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apacailipsis	n-apacailipsis	hapacailipsis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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