ainseabhaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anchovy, from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈanʲʃəwiː/

Noun

ainseabhaí m (genitive singular ainseabhaí, nominative plural ainseabhaithe)

  1. anchovy

Declension
Declension of ainseabhaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe
Vocative a ainseabhaí a ainseabhaithe
Genitive ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe
Dative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ainseabhaí na hainseabhaithe
Genitive an ainseabhaí na n-ainseabhaithe
Dative leis an ainseabhaí

don ainseabhaí

 leis na hainseabhaithe

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainseabhaí n-ainseabhaí hainseabhaí not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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