airnéis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish airnéis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠˈnʲeːʃ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲeːʃ/
• (Ulster) (furniture): IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/; (stock, lice): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲeʃ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲɛʃ/

Noun

airnéis f (genitive singular airnéise)

1. chattels; stock, cattle
2. goods, effects
3. (law) movable property
4. equipment
5. fleas, lice

Declension

Declension of airnéis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative airnéis vocative a airnéis genitive airnéise dative airnéis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an airnéis genitive na hairnéise dative leis an airnéis don airnéis

Mutation

Mutated forms of airnéis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airnéis	n-airnéis	hairnéis	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language