aindia

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aindía m (“idol(?); inferior god(?), un-god, non-god”); synchronically an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ dia (“god”).

Noun

aindia m (genitive singular aindé, nominative plural aindéithe)

  1. (religion) false god
Declension
Declension of aindia

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aindia aindéithe
Vocative a aindia a aindéithe
Genitive aindé aindéithe
Dative aindia aindéithe
aindéithibh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aindia na haindéithe
Genitive an aindé na n-aindéithe
Dative leis an aindia

don aindia

 leis na haindéithe
leis na haindéithibh (archaic, dialectal)

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

Further reading
  • "aindia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “aindía” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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