Áed

See also: aed, AED, áed, æð, äd, and æd

Old Irish

Etymology

From áed (“fire”).

Proper noun

Áed m

1. a male given name, Anglicized as Aidan

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Áed	—	—
Vocative	Áed	—	—
Accusative	ÁedN	—	—
Genitive	ÁedoH, ÁedaH	—	—
Dative	ÁedL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Áedacán

Descendants

• Irish: Aodh
• Scottish Gaelic: Aodh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Áed (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nÁed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.