airp

Irish

Etymology

From Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”).

Noun

airp f (genitive singular airpe, nominative plural airpeanna)

  1. harpy (a fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture)

Declension
Declension of airp

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airp airpeanna
Vocative a airp a airpeanna
Genitive airpe airpeanna
Dative airp airpeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an airp na hairpeanna
Genitive na hairpe na n-airpeanna
Dative leis an airp

don airp

 leis na hairpeanna

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

References
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