Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish airnén,[1] from airne (“watching, guarding (especially at night)”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲaːnˠ/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲalˠ/[4], /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲəlˠ/[5] (corresponding to the form airneál)
Noun
airneán m (genitive singular airneáin)
- staying up late at night, burning the midnight oil
Dhéanainn airneán nuair a bhí mé ar an ollscoil.- I used to keep late hours when I was at university.
Declension
Declension of airneán (first declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
- airneánach (“fond of staying up late”)
- lucht airneáin (“night-visitors”)
- oíche airneáin (“a night's visiting; a social evening”)
- teach airneáin (“a house frequented by night-visitors”)
Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of airneán
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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n-airneán
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hairneán
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not applicable
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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.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 126, line 884
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
- ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 233
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