ápa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ápa m (genitive singular ápa, nominative plural ápaí)

1. ape

Declension

Declension of ápa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ápa ápaí Vocative a ápa a ápaí Genitive ápa ápaí Dative ápa ápaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ápa na hápaí Genitive an ápa na n-ápaí Dative leis an ápa don ápa leis na hápaí

Derived terms

• ápa Barbarach m (“Barbary ape”)
• ápúil (“apish”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• ápúlacht f (“apishness”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ápa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ápa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ápa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.