airneán
Irish
Alternative forms
- airneál m
Etymology
From Old Irish airnén, from airne (“watching, guarding (especially at night)”).
Noun
airneán m (genitive singular airneáin)
- night-visiting; sitting up late at night
- working late at night
Declension
Declension of airneán
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- airneánach (“fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”, adjective)
- airneánach m (“one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”)
- lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
- oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
- teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airneán | n-airneán | hairneán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "airneán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “airnén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 airne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.