ainic

Irish

Alternative forms

anaic

Etymology

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

ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe)

(ambitransitive) protect, save (ar (“from, against”))

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ainic* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	ainicim	ainiceann tú; ainicir^†	ainiceann sé, sí	ainicimid; ainiceann muid	ainiceann sibh	ainiceann siad; ainicid^†	a ainiceann; a ainiceas	ainictear
past	d'ainic mé; d'ainiceas / ainic mé^‡; ainiceas^‡	d'ainic tú; d'ainicis / ainic tú^‡; ainicis^‡	d'ainic sé, sí / ainic sé, sí^‡	d'ainiceamar; d'ainic muid / ainiceamar^‡; ainic muid^‡	d'ainic sibh; d'ainiceabhair / ainic sibh^‡; ainiceabhair^‡	d'ainic siad; d'ainiceadar / ainic siad^‡; ainiceadar^‡	a d'ainic	ainiceadh; hainiceadh^†
past habitual	d'ainicinn / ainicinn^‡	d'ainicteá / ainicteá^‡	d'ainiceadh sé, sí / ainiceadh sé, sí^‡	d'ainicimis; d'ainiceadh muid / ainicimis^‡; ainiceadh muid^‡	d'ainiceadh sibh / ainiceadh sibh^‡	d'ainicidís; d'ainiceadh siad / ainicidís^‡; ainiceadh siad^‡	a d'ainiceadh	d'ainictí / ainictí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	ainicfidh mé; ainicfead	ainicfidh tú; ainicfir^†	ainicfidh sé, sí	ainicfimid; ainicfidh muid	ainicfidh sibh	ainicfidh siad; ainicfid^†	a ainicfidh; a ainicfeas	ainicfear
conditional	d'ainicfinn / ainicfinn^‡	d'ainicfeá / ainicfeá^‡	d'ainicfeadh sé, sí / ainicfeadh sé, sí^‡	d'ainicfimis; d'ainicfeadh muid / ainicfimis^‡; ainicfeadh muid^‡	d'ainicfeadh sibh / ainicfeadh sibh^‡	d'ainicfidís; d'ainicfeadh siad / ainicfidís^‡; ainicfeadh siad^‡	a d'ainicfeadh	d'ainicfí / ainicfí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go n-ainice mé; go n-ainicead^†	go n-ainice tú; go n-ainicir^†	go n-ainice sé, sí	go n-ainicimid; go n-ainice muid	go n-ainice sibh	go n-ainice siad; go n-ainicid^†	—	go n-ainictear
past	dá n-ainicinn	dá n-ainicteá	dá n-ainiceadh sé, sí	dá n-ainicimis; dá n-ainiceadh muid	dá n-ainiceadh sibh	dá n-ainicidís; dá n-ainiceadh siad	—	dá n-ainictí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	ainicim	ainic	ainiceadh sé, sí	ainicimis	ainicigí; ainicidh^†	ainicidís	—	ainictear

past participle	ainicthe

verbal noun	anacal

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ainic*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainic	n-ainic	hainic	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.