ápa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apa"

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ápa m (genitive singular ápa, nominative plural ápaí)

1. ape

Declension

Declension of ápa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ápa ápaí vocative a ápa a ápaí genitive ápa ápaí dative ápa ápaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ápa na hápaí genitive an ápa na n-ápaí dative leis an ápa don ápa leis na hápaí

Derived terms

• ápa Barbarach m (“Barbary ape”)
• ápúil (“apish”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• ápúlacht f (“apishness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ápa

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ápa	n-ápa	hápa	t-ápa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ápa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ápa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ápa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024