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See also: Aífe
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish aithbe n (“ebb, reflux (of sea)”).
Noun
[edit]aife f (genitive singular aife)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aife
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- briseadh aife (“(ruffle caused by) start of ebb-tide”)
- cainéal aife (“ebb channel”)
- comhdhlúthadán aife (“reflux condenser”)
- leath aife (“half-ebb”)
- taoide aife (“ebbing tide”)
- tonn aife (“receding wave”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aife | n-aife | haife | 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) “aife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithbe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áiṫḃe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 20
- “aife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024