airnaide
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
airnaide n
- verbal noun of ar·neät: waiting
- c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 7, pages 115-179:
- Bui alaili caildech doim oc ernaide Duiblittri isind faichti do guide do-som con·atallad hillis callech.
- There was a certain poor old woman waiting for Dublitir in the field, praying for him to let her sleep in the nuns’ hostel.
Inflection[edit]
| Neuter io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | airnaideN | — | — |
| Vocative | airnaideN | — | — |
| Accusative | airnaideN | — | — |
| Genitive | airnaidiL | — | — |
| Dative | airnaidiuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| airnaide | unchanged | n-airnaide |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airnaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language