ainic

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish aingid, from Old Irish aingid, from Proto-Celtic *anegeti. The final -c is irregular; normally -gh is expected. It could have arisen from the verbal noun, which normally does have a /k/.

Verb[edit]

ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) protect, save (ar (from, against))

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainic n-ainic hainic not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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