ainéide

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“bad”) +‎ éide (“clothes, clothing; garment(s)”).

Noun

ainéide f (genitive singular ainéide)

1. tattered, unseemly, dress

Declension

Declension of ainéide (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ainéide vocative a ainéide genitive ainéide dative ainéide forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ainéide genitive na hainéide dative leis an ainéide don ainéide

Derived terms

• fear ainéide (“undressed, unarmed, man”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainéide

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainéide	n-ainéide	hainéide	not applicable

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) “ainéide”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN