héileacaptar

Irish

Etymology

From English helicopter, from French hélicoptère, from Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, “wing”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈheː.l̪ʲəˌkapˠ.t̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

héileacaptar m (genitive singular héileacaptair, nominative plural héileacaptair)

  1. helicopter

Declension
Declension of héileacaptar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative héileacaptar héileacaptair
Vocative a héileacaptair a héileacaptara
Genitive héileacaptair héileacaptar
Dative héileacaptar héileacaptair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an héileacaptar na héileacaptair
Genitive an héileacaptair na héileacaptar
Dative leis an héileacaptar

don héileacaptar

 leis na héileacaptair

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

Further reading
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