Ard-Aighne

Irish

Etymology

From ard- (“high”) +‎ aighne (“pleader, advocate”).

Noun

Ard-Aighne m (genitive singular Ard-Aighne, nominative plural Ard-Aighní)

1. attorney-general

Declension

Declension of Ard-Aighne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ard-Aighne Ard-Aighní vocative a Ard-Aighne a Ard-Aighní genitive Ard-Aighne Ard-Aighní dative Ard-Aighne Ard-Aighní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tArd-Aighne na hArd-Aighní genitive an Ard-Aighne na nArd-Aighní dative leis an Ard-Aighne don Ard-Aighne leis na hArd-Aighní

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ard-Aighne

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ard-Aighne	nArd-Aighne	hArd-Aighne	tArd-Aighne

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ard-Aighne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ard-Aighne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tArd-Aighne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024