airnaide

Old Irish

Etymology

From ar- + ni- + suide.

Noun

airnaide n

  1. verbal noun of ar·neät: waiting
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 7, pages 115-179:
      Bui alaili caildech doim oc ernaide Duiblittri isind faichti do guide do-som con·atallad hillis callech.
      There was a certain poor old woman waiting for Dublitir in the field, praying for him to let her sleep in the nuns’ hostel.

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative airnaideN
Vocative airnaideN
Accusative airnaideN
Genitive airnaidiL
Dative airnaidiuL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
airnaide unchanged n-airnaide
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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