anairt

Irish

Alternative forms

• anart
• anraid
• anrait

Etymology

From Old Irish anart n (“linen cloth”).

Noun

anairt f (genitive singular anairte, nominative plural anairtí)

1. coarse linen, huckaback
2. sailcloth, canvas

Declension

Declension of anairt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative anairt anairtí vocative a anairt a anairtí genitive anairte anairtí dative anairt anairtí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an anairt na hanairtí genitive na hanairte na n-anairtí dative leis an anairt don anairt leis na hanairtí

Synonyms

• (linen): línéadach
• (canvas): canbhás
• (sailcloth, canvas): anairt bheag

Mutation

Mutated forms of anairt

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anairt	n-anairt	hanairt	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 anart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “anairt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 28
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN