urnaí

Irish

Alternative forms

urnaighe

Etymology

From Old Irish airnigde (“praying; prayer”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /uːɾˠˈn̪ˠiː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɾˠn̪ˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɾˠn̪ˠi/

Noun

urnaí m (genitive singular urnaí, nominative plural urnaithe)

(act of) praying
prayer

Declension

Declension of urnaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urnaí	urnaithe
Vocative	a urnaí	a urnaithe
Genitive	urnaí	urnaithe
Dative	urnaí	urnaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-urnaí	na hurnaithe
Genitive	an urnaí	na n-urnaithe
Dative	leis an urnaí don urnaí	leis na hurnaithe

Derived terms

leabhar urnaí m (“prayer-book”)
urnaí na maidine m (“morning prayer”)
stól urnaí m (“prie-dieu”)
urnaitheach (“prayerful, devout”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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

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