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

• teilifíseán (“television set”)

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.