Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish aingid, from Old Irish aingid, from Proto-Celtic *anegeti. The final -c is irregular; normally -gh is expected. It could have arisen from the verbal noun, which normally does have a /k/.

Verb edit

ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) protect, save (ar (from, against))

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit