ainsile

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ainnsile, borrowed from Middle English, from Old English handselen or Old Norse handsal.

Noun

ainsile m (genitive singular ainsile, nominative plural ainsilí)

1. handsel, first gift

Declension

Declension of ainsile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ainsile ainsilí Vocative a ainsile a ainsilí Genitive ainsile ainsilí Dative ainsile ainsilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainsile na hainsilí Genitive an ainsile na n-ainsilí Dative leis an ainsile don ainsile leis na hainsilí

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainsile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainnsile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language