Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish airnén,[1] from airne (watching, guarding (especially at night)).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲalˠ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲal̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form airneál)

Noun

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airneán m (genitive singular airneáin)

  1. night-visiting; sitting up late at night
  2. working late at night

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yola: arnaauneen

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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