ainbheart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbert (evil deed). By surface analysis, ain- + beart (deed).

Noun

ainbheart m (genitive singular ainbhirt, nominative plural ainbhearta)

  1. evil deed

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainbheart n-ainbheart hainbheart t-ainbheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbert (evil deed), synchronically ain- (un-) + beart (deed).

Noun

ainbheart f (genitive singular ainbheirt)

  1. misdeed

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainbheartn-ainbhearth-ainbheartt-ainbheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainbheart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainbert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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