arnaidh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish arnaid (“cruel, harsh, severe”).
Adjective
arnaidh (genitive singular masculine arnaidh, genitive singular feminine arnaidhe, plural arnaidhe, comparative arnaidhe)
- (literary) hard, severe
Declension
Declension of arnaidh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | arnaidh | arnaidh | arnaidhe | |
| Vocative | arnaidh | arnaidhe | ||
| Genitive | arnaidhe | arnaidhe | arnaidh | |
| Dative | arnaidh | arnaidh | arnaidhe | |
| Comparative | níos arnaidhe | |||
| Superlative | is arnaidhe | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| arnaidh | n-arnaidh | harnaidh | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "arnaidh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 arnaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.