failpéir

Irish

Etymology

From failp (“whip, strike (with cane, etc.)”) +‎ -éir (agent suffix).

Noun

failpéir m (genitive singular failpéara, nominative plural failpéirí)

  1. sponger, toady

Declension
Declension of failpéir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative failpéir failpéirí
Vocative a fhailpéir a fhailpéirí
Genitive failpéara failpéirí
Dative failpéir failpéirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an failpéir na failpéirí
Genitive an fhailpéara na bhfailpéirí
Dative leis an bhfailpéir

don fhailpéir

 leis na failpéirí

Synonyms
  • (toady): blitsín, líodóir, lútálaí, Seoinín, slusaí, súdaire, táthaire

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
failpéir fhailpéir bhfailpéir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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