áin
Icelandic
Noun
áin f
- definite nominative singular of á
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish áin f (“act of driving (animals etc.)”).
Noun
áin f (genitive singular áine)
Declension
Declension of áin
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
Noun
áin
- Alternative form of áil (“desire, wish”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| áin | n-áin | háin | t-áin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "áin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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