antalóp

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).

Noun

antalóp m (genitive singular antalóip, nominative plural antalóip)

antelope (African and Asian animal; its meat)

Declension

Declension of antalóp

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antalóp	antalóip
Vocative	a antalóip	a antalópa
Genitive	antalóip	antalóp
Dative	antalóp	antalóip

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-antalóp	na hantalóip
Genitive	an antalóip	na n-antalóp
Dative	leis an antalóp don antalóp	leis na hantalóip

Derived terms

antalóp ceithre-adharcach (“four-horned antelope”)
antalóp saigeach (“saiga”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
antalóp	n-antalóp	hantalóp	t-antalóp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“antelope”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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