ailigéadar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alligator.

Noun

ailigéadar m (genitive singular ailigéadair, nominative plural ailigéadair)

1. alligator

Declension

Declension of ailigéadar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ailigéadar ailigéadair Vocative a ailigéadair a ailigéadara Genitive ailigéadair ailigéadar Dative ailigéadar ailigéadair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ailigéadar na hailigéadair Genitive an ailigéadair na n-ailigéadar Dative leis an ailigéadar don ailigéadar leis na hailigéadair

Derived terms

• craiceann ailigéadair (“alligator skin”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailigéadar	n-ailigéadar	hailigéadar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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