ainseal

Irish

Alternative forms

• gainseal

Etymology

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Noun

ainseal m (genitive singular ainsil)

1. chronicity (state of being chronic)

Declension

Declension of ainseal

First declension

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

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

Derived terms

• ainsealach
• dul chun ainsil
• dul in ainseal

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN