ainic
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish aingid, from Old Irish aingid, from Proto-Celtic *anegeti. The final -c is irregular; normally -gh is expected. It could have arisen from the verbal noun, which normally does have a /k/.
Verb edit
ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe)
- (transitive, intransitive) protect, save (ar (“from, against”))
Conjugation edit
conjugation of ainic (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainic | n-ainic | hainic | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A