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aincheist

aincheist

Irish

Noun

aincheist f ‎(genitive singular aincheiste, nominative plural aincheisteanna)

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Declension

Declension of aincheist

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aincheist	aincheisteanna
Vocative	a aincheist	a aincheisteanna
Genitive	aincheiste	aincheisteanna
Dative	aincheist	aincheisteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an aincheist	na haincheisteanna
Genitive	na haincheiste	na n-aincheisteanna
Dative	leis an aincheist don aincheist	leis na haincheisteanna

Mutation

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

References

"aincheist" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

ain- +‎ ceist

Noun

aincheist f

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