ainseabhaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anchovy, from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʲʃəwiː/

Noun

ainseabhaí m (genitive singular ainseabhaí, nominative plural ainseabhaithe)

1. anchovy

Declension

Declension of ainseabhaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe Vocative a ainseabhaí a ainseabhaithe Genitive ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe Dative ainseabhaí ainseabhaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainseabhaí na hainseabhaithe Genitive an ainseabhaí na n-ainseabhaithe Dative leis an ainseabhaí don ainseabhaí leis na hainseabhaithe

Mutation

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