Irish
Etymology
From starr (“prominence, projection”) + fiacail (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
starrfhiacail f (genitive singular starrfhiacaile, nominative plural starrfhiacla)
- bucktooth, projecting tooth, prominent tooth
- tusk
- fang, canine tooth
Declension
Declension of starrfhiacail (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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starrfhiacail
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starrfhiacla
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| vocative
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a starrfhiacail
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a starrfhiacla
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| genitive
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starrfhiacaile
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starrfhiacla
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| dative
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starrfhiacail
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starrfhiacla
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an starrfhiacail
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na starrfhiacla
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| genitive
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na starrfhiacaile
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na starrfhiacla
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| dative
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leis an starrfhiacail
don starrfhiacail
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leis na starrfhiacla
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fiacail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 311
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 439, page 141
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