airnéis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish airnéis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠˈnʲeːʃ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲeːʃ/
• (Ulster) (furniture): IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/; (stock, lice): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲeʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲɛʃ/

Noun

airnéis f (genitive singular airnéise)

1. chattels; stock, cattle
2. goods, effects
3. (law) movable property
4. equipment
5. fleas, lice

Declension

Declension of airnéis

Second declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an airnéis Genitive na hairnéise Dative leis an airnéis don airnéis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airnéis	n-airnéis	hairnéis	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) “airnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language