ornáid

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ornáid (“ornament”), a late Romance loan-word.

Noun

ornáid f (genitive singular ornáide, nominative plural ornáidí)

1. (music, etc.) ornament (element of decoration; musical flourish)

Declension

Declension of ornáid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ornáid ornáidí vocative a ornáid a ornáidí genitive ornáide ornáidí dative ornáid ornáidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ornáid na hornáidí genitive na hornáide na n-ornáidí dative leis an ornáid don ornáid leis na hornáidí

Derived terms

• ornáideach (“ornamental; ornate, embellished”, adjective)
• ornáidigh (“ornament”, transitive verb)

Related terms

• ornáideachas m (“ornamentation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ornáid

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ornáid	n-ornáid	hornáid	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

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