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Where does “airdeallaí” come from?

airdeallaí (Irish) comes from Irish -aí, from Old Irish -ide, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

airdeallaí (Irish): alert person; inflection of airdeallach: ##...

Definitions

  1. alert person; inflection of airdeallach: ##...

Ancestry of “airdeallaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
2Old Irish-ide—
3Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
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