ainspiorad

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainsprid

Etymology

From Old Irish ainspirut (“evil spirit”). By surface analysis, ain- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ spiorad (“spirit”).

Noun

ainspiorad m (genitive singular ainspioraid, nominative plural ainspioraid)

1. evil spirit

Declension

Declension of ainspiorad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ainspiorad ainspioraid Vocative a ainspioraid a ainspiorada Genitive ainspioraid ainspiorad Dative ainspiorad ainspioraid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainspiorad na hainspioraid Genitive an ainspioraid na n-ainspiorad Dative leis an ainspiorad don ainspiorad leis na hainspioraid

Derived terms

• An tAinspiorad m (“the Devil”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainspiorad	n-ainspiorad	hainspiorad	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) “ainspiorad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainspirut”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language