aiféilean

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (compare Latin aphelium).

Noun

aiféilean m (genitive singular aiféilin, nominative plural aiféilin)

  1. (astronomy) aphelion (the point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun)
    Synonym: cianphointe ó ghrian

Declension
Declension of aiféilean

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aiféilean aiféilin
Vocative a aiféilin a aiféileana
Genitive aiféilin aiféilean
Dative aiféilean aiféilin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aiféilean na haiféilin
Genitive an aiféilin na n-aiféilean
Dative leis an aiféilean

don aiféilean

 leis na haiféilin

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aiféilean n-aiféilean haiféilean t-aiféilean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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