ainder
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *anderā (compare Welsh anner, Cornish annor, Breton annoar, all ‘heifer’).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editainder f
Inflection
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ainderL | aindirL | aindreH |
Vocative | ainderL | aindirL | aindreH |
Accusative | aindirN | aindirL | aindreH |
Genitive | aindreH | ainderL | ainderN |
Dative | aindirL | aindrib | aindrib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ainder (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ainder |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language