aerphost

Irish

Etymology

From aer- (“air, aero-”) +‎ post (“mail, post”).

Noun

aerphost m (genitive singular aerphoist)

1. air-mail

Declension

Declension of aerphost

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aerphost Vocative a aerphoist Genitive aerphoist Dative aerphost

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aerphost Genitive an aerphoist Dative leis an aerphost don aerphost

Mutation

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

Further reading

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