Aibreán
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish Apréil, possibly influenced in part by braon (“drop(s) (of rain)”), borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.
Pronunciation
Noun
Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)
- April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension
Declension of Aibreán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Terms derived from Aibreán
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Aibreán | nAibreán | hAibreán | tAibreán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag
Further reading
- "Aibreán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3.
- Dillon, Myles, and Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961). Teach Yourself Irish. Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton. →ISBN, p. 212.
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
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