Irish
Etymology
From ard- (“high”) + Aifreann (“Mass”).
Noun
Ard-Aifreann m (genitive singular Ard-Aifrinn, nominative plural Ard-Aifrinn)
- High Mass
- Synonyms: Aifreann Ard, Aifreann Mór
Declension
Declension of Ard-Aifreann (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Ard-Aifreann
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Ard-Aifrinn
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| vocative
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a Ard-Aifrinn
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a Ard-Aifreanna
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| genitive
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Ard-Aifrinn
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Ard-Aifreann
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| dative
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Ard-Aifreann
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Ard-Aifrinn
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Mutation
Mutated forms of Ard-Aifreann
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Ard-Aifreann
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nArd-Aifreann
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hArd-Aifreann
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tArd-Aifreann
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ard-Aifreann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ard-Aifreann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Ard-Aifreann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025