airneán

Irish

Alternative forms

• airneál m

Etymology

From Old Irish airnén, from airne (“watching, guarding (especially at night)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲalˠ/, /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲal̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form airneál)

Noun

airneán m (genitive singular airneáin)

1. night-visiting; sitting up late at night
2. working late at night

Declension

Declension of airneán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative airneán Vocative a airneáin Genitive airneáin Dative airneán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-airneán Genitive an airneáin Dative leis an airneán don airneán

Derived terms

• airneánach m (“one who is fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”)
• airneánach (“fond of night-visiting, of sitting up late”, adjective)
• lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
• oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
• teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: arnaauneen

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airneán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN