ainbheart

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbert (evil deed). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ beart (deed).

Noun

ainbheart m (genitive singular ainbhirt, nominative plural ainbhearta)

  1. evil deed

Declension

Declension of ainbheart (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ainbheart ainbhearta
vocative a ainbhirt a ainbhearta
genitive ainbhirt ainbheart
dative ainbheart ainbhearta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ainbheart na hainbhearta
genitive an ainbhirt na n-ainbheart
dative leis an ainbheart
don ainbheart
leis na hainbhearta

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbheart
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainbheart n-ainbheart hainbheart t-ainbheart

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbert (evil deed), synchronically ain- (un-) +‎ beart (deed).

Noun

ainbheart f (genitive singular ainbheirt)

  1. misdeed

Mutation

Mutation of ainbheart
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainbheart n-ainbheart h-ainbheart t-ainbheart

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainbheart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainbert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language