airneán
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- airneál m
Etymology
editFrom Old Irish airnén,[1] from airne (“watching, guarding (especially at night)”).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editairneán m (genitive singular airneáin)
Declension
editDeclension of airneán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- airneánach m (“one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”)
- airneánach (“fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”, adjective)
- lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
- oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
- teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)
Descendants
edit- →⇒ Yola: arnaauneen
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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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
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airneán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN