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)
- fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late
Declension
Declension of airneánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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)
- one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late
- Synonyms: airneálaí, airneánaí
Declension
Declension of airneánach
First declension
Bare forms:
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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 | |||
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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
- "airneánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.