Inid
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish init, from Latin initium (“beginning”),[1] as it refers to the beginning of Lent. Cognate with Manx Ynnyd and Scottish Gaelic Inid.
Proper noun[edit]
an Inid f (genitive na hInide)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Inid
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- feis Inide (“carnival”)
- Máirt Inide, Máirt na hInide (“Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Inid | nInid | hInid | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Inid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Inid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 398
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Inid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN