aodh

See also: Aodh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áed (“fire”), from Proto-Celtic *aidus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”), compare Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).

Noun

aodh f (genitive singular aodh)

1. (medicine) inflammation

Declension

Declension of aodh (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative aodh vocative a aodh genitive aodh dative aodh forms with the definite article singular nominative an aodh genitive na haodh dative leis an aodh don aodh

Derived terms

• aodh thochais (“nettlerash, hives”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aodh

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