hipearbóil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).

Noun

hipearbóil f (genitive singular hipearbóile, nominative plural hipearbóilí)

  1. (rhetoric, literature) hyperbole
  2. (geometry) hyperbola

Declension

Declension of hipearbóil (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative hipearbóil hipearbóilí
vocative a hipearbóil a hipearbóilí
genitive hipearbóile hipearbóilí
dative hipearbóil hipearbóilí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an hipearbóil na hipearbóilí
genitive na hipearbóile na hipearbóilí
dative leis an hipearbóil
don hipearbóil 		leis na hipearbóilí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hipearbóileach (“hyperbolic”, adjective) (relating to hyperbola)

Further reading

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