ailiúnas

Irish

Etymology

From oil (“to nourish”) +‎ -únas, a calque of Latin alimōnia, with alteration of the initial o to a to match the Latin word as well as English alimony. A new formation, as the word does not appear in texts or dictionaries before the mid-20th century.

Noun

ailiúnas m (genitive singular ailiúnais, nominative plural ailiúnais)

1. (law) alimony

Declension

Declension of ailiúnas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ailiúnas ailiúnais vocative a ailiúnais a ailiúnasa genitive ailiúnais ailiúnas dative ailiúnas ailiúnais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ailiúnas na hailiúnais genitive an ailiúnais na n-ailiúnas dative leis an ailiúnas don ailiúnas leis na hailiúnais

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailiúnas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailiúnas	n-ailiúnas	hailiúnas	t-ailiúnas

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN