aisnéal

Irish

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)

1. swoon

Declension

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

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisnéal	n-aisnéal	haisnéal	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) “aisnéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN