aisnéal

Irish

Etymology

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)

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

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

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