airneánach

Irish

Alternative forms

• airneálach

Etymology

From airneán (“night-visiting; sitting up late at night”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airneánach (genitive singular masculine airneánaigh, genitive singular feminine airneánaí, plural airneánacha, comparative airneánaí)

1. fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late

Declension

Declension of airneánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	airneánach	airneánach	airneánacha
Vocative	airneánaigh		airneánacha
Genitive		airneánaí	airneánacha	airneánach
Dative	airneánach	airneánach; airneánaigh (archaic)	airneánacha
Comparative	níos airneánaí
Superlative	is airneánaí

Noun

airneánach m (genitive singular airneánaigh, nominative plural airneánaigh)

1. one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late

   Synonyms: airneálaí, airneánaí

Declension

Declension of airneánach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative airneánach airneánaigh Vocative a airneánaigh a airneánacha Genitive airneánaigh airneánach Dative airneánach airneánaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airneánach na hairneánaigh Genitive an airneánaigh na n-airneánach Dative leis an airneánach don airneánach leis na hairneánaigh

Related terms

• lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
• oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
• teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airneánach	n-airneánach	hairneánach	t-airneánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airneánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN