urnaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • urnaighe

Etymology

From Old Irish airnigde (“praying; prayer”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ùrnaigh and Manx yeearree.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /uːɾˠˈn̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈuːɾˠn̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌɾˠn̪ˠi/

Noun

urnaí m (genitive singular urnaí, nominative plural urnaithe)

  1. (act of) praying
  2. prayer

Declension

Declension of urnaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative urnaí urnaithe
vocative a urnaí a urnaithe
genitive urnaí urnaithe
dative urnaí urnaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-urnaí na hurnaithe
genitive an urnaí na n-urnaithe
dative leis an urnaí
don urnaí 		leis na hurnaithe

Derived terms

  • leabhar urnaí m (“prayer-book”)
  • urnaí na maidine m (“morning prayer”)
  • stól urnaí m (“prie-dieu”)
  • urnaitheach (“prayerful, devout”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of urnaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urnaí n-urnaí hurnaí t-urnaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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