ainic

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

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

Conjugation

conjugation of ainic (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present ainicim ainiceann tú;
ainicir† 		ainiceann sé, sí ainicimid ainiceann sibh ainiceann siad;
ainicid† 		a ainiceann; a ainiceas /
a n-ainiceann* 		ainictear
past d'ainic mé; d'ainiceas /
ainic mé‡; ainiceas‡ 		d'ainic tú; d'ainicis /
ainic tú; ainicis‡ 		d'ainic sé, sí /
ainic sé, sí‡ 		d'ainiceamar; d'ainic muid /
ainiceamar; ainic muid‡ 		d'ainic sibh; d'ainiceabhair /
ainic sibh;
ainiceabhair‡ 		d'ainic siad; d'ainiceadar /
ainic siad; ainiceadar‡ 		a d'ainic /
ar ainic* 		ainiceadh;
hainiceadh†
past habitual d'ainicinn /
ainicinn‡; n-ainicinn‡‡ 		d'ainicteá /
ainicteá‡; n-ainicteᇇ 		d'ainiceadh sé, sí /
ainiceadh sé, sí‡; n-ainiceadh sé, s퇇 		d'ainicimis; d'ainiceadh muid /
ainicimis; ainiceadh muid‡; n-ainicimis‡‡; n-ainiceadh muid‡‡ 		d'ainiceadh sibh /
ainiceadh sibh‡; n-ainiceadh sibh‡‡ 		d'ainicidís; d'ainiceadh siad /
ainicidís; ainiceadh siad‡; n-ainicidís‡‡; n-ainiceadh siad‡‡ 		a d'ainiceadh /
a n-ainiceadh* 		d'ainictí /
ainictí‡; n-ainict퇇
future ainicfidh mé;
ainicfead 		ainicfidh tú;
ainicfir† 		ainicfidh sé, sí ainicfimid;
ainicfidh muid 		ainicfidh sibh ainicfidh siad;
ainicfid† 		a ainicfidh; a ainicfeas /
a n-ainicfidh* 		ainicfear
conditional d'ainicfinn / ainicfinn‡; n-ainicfinn‡‡ d'ainicfeá / ainicfeá‡; n-ainicfeᇇ d'ainicfeadh sé, sí / ainicfeadh sé, sí‡; n-ainicfeadh sé, s퇇 d'ainicfimis; d'ainicfeadh muid / ainicfimis‡; ainicfeadh muid‡; n-ainicfimis‡‡; n-ainicfeadh muid‡‡ d'ainicfeadh sibh / ainicfeadh sibh‡; n-ainicfeadh sibh‡‡ d'ainicfidís; d'ainicfeadh siad / ainicfidís‡; ainicfeadh siad‡; n-ainicfidís‡‡; n-ainicfeadh siad‡‡ a d'ainicfeadh /
a n-ainicfeadh* 		d'ainicfí / ainicfí‡; n-ainicf퇇
subjunctive present go n-ainice mé;
go n-ainicead† 		go n-ainice tú;
go n-ainicir† 		go n-ainice sé, sí go n-ainicimid;
go n-ainice muid 		go n-ainice sibh go n-ainice siad;
go n-ainicid† 		— go n-ainictear
past dá n-ainicinn dá n-ainicteá dá n-ainiceadh sé, sí dá n-ainicimis;
dá n-ainiceadh muid 		dá n-ainiceadh sibh dá n-ainicidís;
dá n-ainiceadh siad 		— dá n-ainictí
imperative ainicim ainic ainiceadh sé, sí ainicimis ainicigí;
ainicidh† 		ainicidís — ainictear
verbal noun anacal
past participle ainicthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainic
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainic n-ainic hainic not applicable

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

Further reading

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