oidhe

Irish

Alternative forms

• oidheadh, oidhidh, oigheadh

Etymology

From Old Irish aided.

Noun

oidhe f (genitive singular oidhe, nominative plural oidheanna)

1. tragedy, a tragic tale
2. death (especially by violence)
3. tragic fate, fate, doom, destiny
4. what one deserves
5. act of slaying

Declension

Declension of oidhe (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative oidhe oidheanna vocative a oidhe a oidheanna genitive oidhe oidheanna dative oidhe oidheanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an oidhe na hoidheanna genitive na hoidhe na n-oidheanna dative leis an oidhe don oidhe leis na hoidheanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of oidhe

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oidhe	n-oidhe	hoidhe	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aided”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oiḋeaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 526
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “oiḋeaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oidhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN