ailiúnas

Irish

Etymology

From oil (“to nourish”) +‎ -únas, a calque of Latin alimōnia, with alteration of the initial o to a to match the Latin word as well as English alimony. A new formation, as the word does not appear in texts or dictionaries before the mid-20th century.

Noun

ailiúnas m (genitive singular ailiúnais, nominative plural ailiúnais)

  1. (law) alimony

Declension

Declension of ailiúnas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ailiúnas ailiúnais
vocative a ailiúnais a ailiúnasa
genitive ailiúnais ailiúnas
dative ailiúnas ailiúnais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ailiúnas na hailiúnais
genitive an ailiúnais na n-ailiúnas
dative leis an ailiúnas
don ailiúnas 		leis na hailiúnais

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailiúnas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailiúnas n-ailiúnas hailiúnas t-ailiúnas

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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