aife

See also: Aífe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aithbe n (“ebb, reflux (of sea)”).[1]

Noun

aife f (genitive singular aife)

  1. ebb
  2. decline, decay
  3. (chemistry) reflux

Declension

Declension of aife (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aife
vocative a aife
genitive aife
dative aife
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aife
genitive na haife
dative leis an aife
don aife

Derived terms

  • briseadh aife (“(ruffle caused by) start of ebb-tide”)
  • cainéal aife (“ebb channel”)
  • comhdhlúthadán aife (“reflux condenser”)
  • leath aife (“half-ebb”)
  • taoide aife (“ebbing tide”)
  • tonn aife (“receding wave”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aife
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aife n-aife haife 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithbe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áiṫḃe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 20
  • “aife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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