aisréad

aisréad

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish esríat (“sprinkler; aspergillum”).

Noun

aisréad m (genitive singular aisréid, nominative plural aisréid)

1. (Christianity) aspergillum, sprinkler

Declension

Declension of aisréad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aisréad aisréid Vocative a aisréid a aisréada Genitive aisréid aisréad Dative aisréad aisréid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aisréad na haisréid Genitive an aisréid na n-aisréad Dative leis an aisréad don aisréad leis na haisréid

Mutation

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

References

• "aisréad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “esríat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.