ainspiorad

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainsprid

Etymology

From Old Irish ainspirut (“evil spirit”). By surface analysis, ain- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ spiorad (“spirit”).

Noun

ainspiorad m (genitive singular ainspioraid, nominative plural ainspioraid)

1. evil spirit

Declension

Declension of ainspiorad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainspiorad ainspioraid vocative a ainspioraid a ainspiorada genitive ainspioraid ainspiorad dative ainspiorad ainspioraid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ainspiorad na hainspioraid genitive an ainspioraid na n-ainspiorad dative leis an ainspiorad don ainspiorad leis na hainspioraid

Derived terms

• An tAinspiorad m (“the Devil”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainspiorad

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainspiorad	n-ainspiorad	hainspiorad	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) “ainspiorad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainspirut”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language