áed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aed"

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *aidu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰu, from the root *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːi̯ð/

Noun

áed n

1. fire

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	áedN	aídN	áedL
Vocative	áedN	aídN	áedL
Accusative	áedN	aídN	áedL
Genitive	aídeo	aídeo	aídeN
Dative	aídL	áedaib	áedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Áed, Áedacán

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
áed (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-áed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language