anstrólaí

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

anstrólaí m (genitive singular anstrólaí, nominative plural anstrólaithe)

1. droll person, trickster
2. Alternative form of astralaí (“astrologer”)

Declension

Declension of anstrólaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative anstrólaí anstrólaithe Vocative a anstrólaí a anstrólaithe Genitive anstrólaí anstrólaithe Dative anstrólaí anstrólaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-anstrólaí na hanstrólaithe Genitive an anstrólaí na n-anstrólaithe Dative leis an anstrólaí don anstrólaí leis na hanstrólaithe

Derived terms

• anstrólaíocht (“drollery”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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