onamataipé

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, do, produce”).

Noun

onamataipé f (genitive singular onamataipé)

1. (rhetoric) onomatopoeia

Declension

Declension of onamataipé

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an onamataipé Genitive na honamataipé Dative leis an onamataipé don onamataipé

Synonyms

• fuaimfhoclaíocht

Derived terms

• onamataipéach (“onomatopoeic”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “onamataipé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “onomatopoeia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024