aifid

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin aphides, coined by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in 1758.

Noun

aifid f (genitive singular aifide, nominative plural aifidí)

  1. aphid

Declension

Declension of aifid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aifid aifidí
vocative a aifid a aifidí
genitive aifide aifidí
dative aifid aifidí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aifid na haifidí
genitive na haifide na n-aifidí
dative leis an aifid
don aifid 		leis na haifidí

Hyponyms

  • aifid arbhair
  • aifid chabáiste
  • aifid chlúmhach (“woolly aphid”)
  • aifid dhubh
  • aifid ghlas
  • aifid róis
  • aifid rua phrátaí
  • míol pónaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of aifid
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aifid n-aifid haifid not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aifid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “aifid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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