Old Menapian nouns: air

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Etymology

From Old Menapian hair, from Primitive Menapian air ("carnage; death; destruction"), from Proto-Bythonic aɨr ("battle; carnage"), from Proto-Celtic *agrom ("slaughter; battle"). Cognate with Irish ár ("slaughter"), Scottish Gaelic àr ("slaughter") and Manx haar ("slaughter"). Borrowed by Flemish as Haid, Dutch as Haid and Picard as Haid; all names for the personification of death.

haid

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /air/, /aɪɾ/

Definition 1

Noun

f air (plural, haid)

(uncountable)

  1. death
  2. destruction

Declension