ainseabhaí

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anchovy, from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

Noun

ainseabhaí m (genitive singular ainseabhaí, nominative plural ainseabhaithe)

  1. anchovy

Declension

Declension of ainseabhaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe
vocative a ainseabhaí a ainseabhaithe
genitive ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe
dative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ainseabhaí na hainseabhaithe
genitive an ainseabhaí na n-ainseabhaithe
dative leis an ainseabhaí
don ainseabhaí 		leis na hainseabhaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainseabhaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainseabhaí n-ainseabhaí hainseabhaí not applicable

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

References

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