aispeist

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, “I quench, quell”).

Noun

aispeist f (genitive singular aispeiste)

  1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of aispeist (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aispeist
vocative a aispeist
genitive aispeiste
dative aispeist
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an aispeist
genitive na haispeiste
dative leis an aispeist
don aispeist

Mutation

Mutated forms of aispeist
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aispeist n-aispeist haispeist 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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