aimiréal
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French amirail, amiral, etc., from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”).
Noun edit
aimiréal m (genitive singular aimiréil, nominative plural aimiréil)
- admiral (naval officer of high rank, butterfly)
Declension edit
Declension of aimiréal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- aimiréalacht f (“admiralty”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aimiréal | n-aimiréal | haimiréal | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimiréal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN