teileafón
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English telephone.
Noun
editteileafón m (genitive singular teileafóin, nominative plural teileafóin)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- bosca teileafóin (“telephone-box”)
- eolaí an teileafóin (“telephone directory”)
- fón (“phone”)
- giolla teileafóin (“operator”)
- leabhar teileafóin (“telephone book”)
- líne teileafóin f (“telephone line”)
- malartán teileafóin (“telephone exchange”)
- teileafón cárta (“cardphone”)
- teileafón póca (“cellphone”)
- teileafónach (“telephonic”, adjective)
- teileafónaí (“telephonist”)
- teileafónaíocht (“telephony”)
- uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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teileafón | theileafón | dteileafón |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teileafón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teileafón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025