failpéir

Irish

Etymology

From failp (“whip, strike (with cane, etc.)”) +‎ -éir (agent suffix).

Noun

failpéir m (genitive singular failpéara, nominative plural failpéirí)

1. sponger, toady

Declension

Declension of failpéir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative failpéir failpéirí Vocative a fhailpéir a fhailpéirí Genitive failpéara failpéirí Dative failpéir failpéirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an failpéir na failpéirí Genitive an fhailpéara na bhfailpéirí Dative leis an bhfailpéir don fhailpéir leis na failpéirí

Synonyms

• (toady): blitsín, líodóir, lútálaí, Seoinín, slusaí, súdaire, táthaire

Derived terms

• failpéireacht f (“(act of) sponging, toadying”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
failpéir	fhailpéir	bhfailpéir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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