aisnéal

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare néal m (“cloud; state of gloom, depression; gloomy expression; dour, sullen, look; fit, spasm, paroxysm; nap, snooze; dazed condition; swoon, trance”).

Noun

aisnéal m (genitive singular aisnéil, nominative plural aisnéalta)

swoon

Declension

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Declension of aisnéal (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	aisnéal	aisnéalta
vocative	a aisnéil	a aisnéalta
genitive	aisnéil	aisnéalta
dative	aisnéal	aisnéalta

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-aisnéal	na haisnéalta
genitive	an aisnéil	na n-aisnéalta
dative	leis an aisnéal don aisnéal	leis na haisnéalta

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Derived terms

aisnéalach (“swooning; subject to fainting fits”, adjective)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of *aisnéal*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisnéal	n-aisnéal	haisnéal	not applicable

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References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisnéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN