Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ornáid (“ornament”), a late Romance loan-word.
Noun
ornáid f (genitive singular ornáide, nominative plural ornáidí)
- (music, etc.) ornament (element of decoration; musical flourish)
Declension
Declension of ornáid (second declension)
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Derived terms
- ornáideach (“ornamental; ornate, embellished”, adjective)
- ornáidigh (“ornament”, transitive verb)
- ornáideachas m (“ornamentation”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of ornáid
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eclipsis |
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with t-prothesis
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| ornáid
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n-ornáid
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hornáid
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ornáid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ornáid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language