ainic

== Irish == === Alternative forms === anaic === Etymology === From Middle Irish aingid, from Old Irish aingid, from Proto-Celtic *anegeti. The final -c is irregular; normally -gh is expected. It could have arisen from the verbal noun, which normally does have a /k/. === Verb === ainic (present analytic ainiceann, future analytic ainicfidh, verbal noun anacal, past participle ainicthe) (ambitransitive) protect, save (ar (“from, against”)) ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ainic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN