onamataipé

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, do, produce”).

Noun

onamataipé f (genitive singular onamataipé)

1. (rhetoric) onomatopoeia

Declension

Declension of onamataipé (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative onamataipé vocative a onamataipé genitive onamataipé dative onamataipé forms with the definite article case singular nominative an onamataipé genitive na honamataipé dative leis an onamataipé don onamataipé

Synonyms

• fuaimfhoclaíocht

Derived terms

• onamataipéach (“onomatopoeic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of onamataipé

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
onamataipé	n-onamataipé	honamataipé	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “onamataipé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “onomatopoeia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024