ainder

Old Irish
FWOTD – 9 January 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *anderā (compare Welsh anner, Cornish annor, Breton annoar, all ‘heifer’).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈan͈ʲdʲer/

Noun

ainder f

  1. married woman, nonvirgin
  2. virgin, maiden

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ainder unchanged n-ainder
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “ainder” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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