teilifís

Irish

Etymology

From teili- (“tele-”) +‎ fís (“sight, vision; dream”), a calque of English television with phono-semantic matching.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛlʲɪfʲiːʃ/

Noun

teilifís f (genitive singular teilifíse)

  1. television (the medium, or the programs collectively)

Declension
Declension of teilifís

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative teilifís
Vocative a theilifís
Genitive teilifíse
Dative teilifís

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an teilifís
Genitive na teilifíse
Dative leis an teilifís

don teilifís

Derived terms

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