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ainic

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aingid, from Old Irish aingid, from Proto-Celtic *anegeti. The final -c is irregular; normally -gh is expected. It could have arisen from the verbal noun, which normally does have a /k/.

Verb

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ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) protect, save (ar (from, against))

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ainic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainic n-ainic hainic not applicable

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

Further reading

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