aodh

See also: Aodh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áed (“fire”), from Proto-Celtic *aidus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”), compare Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).

Noun

aodh f (genitive singular aodh)

1. (medicine) inflammation

Declension

Declension of aodh

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aodh Vocative a aodh Genitive aodh Dative aodh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aodh Genitive na haodh Dative leis an aodh don aodh

Derived terms

• aodh thochais (“nettlerash, hives”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aodh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN