I came across the word Aireáinnach in a user name solas aireáinnach on another site and was wondering if any of you had any comments on it. I don't know what it means or is supposed to mean, I can instantly see a couple of grammatical problems - caol le caol agus leathan le leathan not respect - that awkward aire in conjunction with -áin.

I would be interested to know if any of you have any thoughts on what it might mean, on the problems of its structure and what the stem might be. My initial guess was aire meaning care or warning (?) plus a diminutive plus the -ach suffix. That said I think he/she may be trying to invent a new form of arianach.

Looking at it and trying to sound it out, I find myself wondering if it's either a misspelling or some kind of attempt to play on "Éireannach."

I think, if it were me, I'd be tempted to ask the poster what his name means.

Redwolf

Generally, or historically at least, adjectives were made from the genitive form, so the double n would be broad for this word

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I googled "aireáinnach" and found the user name in question. Judging by his posts I'd imagine it's supposed to mean "Aryan", so "Aryan light".
"Aryan" is "Airianach" in Irish according to focal.ie. I don't know where he got "Aireáinnach" from.

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Well looking again, a lot of adjectives have no modification to their root, so it might have been for certain declensions

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http://www.thejournal.ie/david-norris-1 ... =shortlink

Scroll down to the middle of the page and he explains it as being related to aire meaning noble.

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Interestingly, without the offending "i" which violates the caol le caol spelling rule, or the somewhat oddly placed fada, in Scottish Gaelic aireanach is an adjective meaning "agricultural", and aireannach is a noun meaning "beginning". Both words may be somewhat archaic (I only found them in older dictionaries), but his creative etymology does seem quite faulty.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Thanks all...
I thought noble was uasal - Is he also inventing the etymology of Oireachtas and Eiru? Or does aire also mean noble.

I found two versions of Aryan - airianach and airioch - is one more commonly used than another?

I am only a beginning learner but would be interested to know if his complaint about the importation of words into Irish from English is problematic or if the authorities that be have a system on place for it.

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Bíonn rudaí maithe mall

The second definition of "aire" in FGB is "nobleman/chief." It's a noun, though, not an adjective, so his use of it is dodgy.

Irish has been cheerfully borrowing from other languages (not only English, but also Latin, Norman French, and whatever the Vikings brought with them) for a very long time, so I doubt anyone's going to stop it.

You'd think the man would at least spell "Brighid" correctly! It's "Brighid" (or, if you can reproduce the dots, "Brigid" with a dot over the "g") or "Bríd," not "Brigid"!

Redwolf