ailbheolas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

Noun

ailbheolas m (genitive singular ailbheolais)

1. (anatomy) alveolus

Declension

Declension of ailbheolas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ailbheolas Genitive an ailbheolais Dative leis an ailbheolas don ailbheolas

Related terms

• ailbheolach (“alveolar”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

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