aelus

Irish

Etymology

From ae (“liver”) +‎ lus (“plant, herb”).

Noun

aelus m (genitive singular aelusa, nominative plural aelusanna)

liverwort

Declension

Declension of aelus

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aelus	aelusanna
Vocative	a aelus	a aelusanna
Genitive	aelusa	aelusanna
Dative	aelus	aelusanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aelus	na haelusanna
Genitive	an aelusa	na n-aelusanna
Dative	leis an aelus don aelus	leis na haelusanna

Mutation

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

Further reading

"aelus" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“liverwort” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Entries containing “aelus” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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