airneán

Irish

Alternative forms

• airneál m

Etymology

From Old Irish airnén, from airne (“watching, guarding (especially at night)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲalˠ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲal̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form airneál)

Noun

airneán m (genitive singular airneáin)

1. night-visiting; sitting up late at night
2. working late at night

Declension

Declension of airneán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative airneán vocative a airneáin genitive airneáin dative airneán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-airneán genitive an airneáin dative leis an airneán don airneán

Derived terms

• airneánach m (“one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”)
• airneánach (“fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”, adjective)
• lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
• oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
• teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: arnaauneen

Mutation

Mutated forms of airneán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airneán	n-airneán	hairneán	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) “airneán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN