airnéis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish airnéis.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɑːɾˠˈnʲeːʃ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲeːʃ/
  • (Ulster) (furniture): IPA(key): /ˈʌɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/;[1] (stock, lice): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲeʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲɛʃ/[2][3]

Noun

airnéis f (genitive singular airnéise)

  1. chattels; stock, cattle
  2. goods, effects
  3. (law) movable property
  4. equipment
  5. fleas, lice

Declension

Mutation

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

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

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