apstal

Irish

Noun

apstal m (genitive singular apstail, nominative plural apstail)

  1. Alternative form of aspal (“apostle”)

Declension
Declension of apstal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative apstal apstail
Vocative a apstail a apstala
Genitive apstail apstal
Dative apstal apstail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-apstal na hapstail
Genitive an apstail na n-apstal
Dative leis an apstal

don apstal

 leis na hapstail

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

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈabstal/

Noun

apstal m

  1. (Christianity) apostle

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • apstalacda, apstalda (“apostolic”, adjective)
  • apstalacht f (“apostleship; apostolate”)

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
apstal unchanged n-apstal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “apstal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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