mailléas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malleus.

Noun

mailléas m (genitive singular mailléis, nominative plural mailléis)

1. (anatomy) malleus

Declension

Declension of mailléas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mailléas mailléis Vocative a mhailléis a mhailléasa Genitive mailléis mailléas Dative mailléas mailléis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mailléas na mailléis Genitive an mhailléis na mailléas Dative leis an mailléas don mhailléas leis na mailléis

Synonyms

• casúirín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mailléas	mhailléas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “malleus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024