aera-

See also: aera, aerá, aéra, aerã, ära, and æra

Irish

Alternative forms

• aer-
• aerai-

Etymology

From aer (“air”).

Prefix

aera-

1. air-, aero-, aerial
2. pneumatic

Usage notes

Aera(i)- tends to be used in internationalisms, and does not lenite non-native morphemes; aer- tends to be used with native morphemes and morphemes that begin with vowels.

Synonyms

• (aerial): aeir, aerga, ón aer
• (pneumatic): aeroibrithe, neomatach

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with aera-

Mutation

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

References

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