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Aifreann

Aifreann

Irish

Noun

Aifreann m (genitive singular Aifrinn, nominative plural Aifrinn)

  1. Mass (liturgical service or the music for it)

Declension

  • Alternative plural forms: Aifreannacha (Cois Fharraige), Aifrinntí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Aifreann nAifreann hAifreann tAifreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • oifrend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “Aifreann” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 21.
  • "Aifreann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aifrend, from Old Irish oifrend, from Latin offerenda, from offerō.

Noun

Aifreann m, f (genitive singular Aifrinn, plural Aifreannan)

  1. Mass (liturgical service or the music for it)

Usage notes

  • In Scottish Catholic areas of feminine gender.
  • The form Aifhreann is used on the mainland.

Derived terms

  • taigh-aifrinn m (mass-house)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • oifrend” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

aifreann

aifreann

See also: Aifreann

Irish

Noun

aifreann m (genitive singular aifrinn, nominative plural aifrinn)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Aifreann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aifreann n-aifreann haifreann t-aifreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aifreann m, f (genitive singular aifrinn, plural aifreannan)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Aifreann