aife

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See also: Aífe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aithbe n (“ebb, reflux (of sea)”).

Noun

aife f (genitive singular aife)

  1. ebb
  2. decline, decay
  3. (chemistry) reflux

Declension

Declension of aife (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aife
vocative a aife
genitive aife
dative aife
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aife
genitive na haife
dative leis an aife
don aife

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aife
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aife n-aife haife not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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