teileafón

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone.

Noun

teileafón m (genitive singular teileafóin, nominative plural teileafóin)

1. telephone

   Synonym: guthán

Declension

Declension of teileafón

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative teileafón teileafóin Vocative a theileafóin a theileafóna Genitive teileafóin teileafón Dative teileafón teileafóin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an teileafón na teileafóin Genitive an teileafóin na dteileafón Dative leis an teileafón don teileafón leis na teileafóin

Derived terms

• 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teileafón	theileafón	dteileafón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “teileafón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “teileafón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.