mairteoil

Irish

Alternative forms

• mairt-fheoil, mairt-fheóil, mairtfheoil, mairtfheóil (obsolete)

Etymology

From mart (“heifer”) +‎ feoil (“meat”). Compare Scottish Gaelic mairtfheòil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaɾʲtʲoːlʲ/

Noun

mairteoil f (genitive singular mairteola)

1. beef

Declension

Declension of mairteoil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative mairteoil vocative a mhairteoil genitive mairteola dative mairteoil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an mhairteoil genitive na mairteola dative leis an mairteoil don mhairteoil

Derived terms

• cliathán mairteola m (“side of beef”)
• mairteoil leasaithe f, mairteoil shaillte f (“corned beef”)
• mairteoil rósta f (“roast beef”)
• ológ mhairteola f (“beef olive”)
• stéig mhairteola f (“beefsteak”)
• súram mairteola m (“beef-tea”)

Related terms

• laofheoil f (“veal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mairteoil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mairteoil	mhairteoil	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mairteoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN