ornáid

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ornáid (“ornament”), a late Romance loan-word.

Noun

ornáid f (genitive singular ornáide, nominative plural ornáidí)

1. (music, etc.) ornament (element of decoration; musical flourish)

Declension

Declension of ornáid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ornáid ornáidí Vocative a ornáid a ornáidí Genitive ornáide ornáidí Dative ornáid ornáidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ornáid na hornáidí Genitive na hornáide na n-ornáidí Dative leis an ornáid don ornáid leis na hornáidí

Derived terms

• ornáideach (“ornamental; ornate, embellished”, adjective)
• ornáidigh (“ornament”, transitive verb)

Related terms

• ornáideachas m (“ornamentation”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ornáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ornáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language