veilbhit

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English velvet, from Old French veluotte, from Latin villus (“tuft, down”).

Noun

veilbhit f (genitive singular veilbhite)

1. velvet

Declension

Declension of veilbhit

Second declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an veilbhit Genitive na veilbhite Dative leis an veilbhit don veilbhit

Derived terms

• veilbhitín m (“velveteen”)
• veilbhitiúil (“velvety”, adjective)

References

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