aispeist

Irish

Etymology

From Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, “I quench, quell”).

Noun

aispeist f (genitive singular aispeiste)

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of aispeist (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aispeist vocative a aispeist genitive aispeiste dative aispeist forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aispeist genitive na haispeiste dative leis an aispeist don aispeist

Mutation

Mutated forms of aispeist

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aispeist	n-aispeist	haispeist	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aispeist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN