áin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"

Faroese

Noun

áin

  1. nominative singular definite of á

Icelandic

Noun

áin f

  1. definite nominative singular of á

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áin f (“act of driving (animals etc.)”).

Noun

áin f (genitive singular áine)

  1. (literary) (act of) driving
Declension
Declension of áin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative áin
vocative a áin
genitive áine
dative áin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an áin
genitive na háine
dative leis an áin
don áin

Etymology 2

Noun

áin

  1. alternative form of áil (“desire, wish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of áin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áin n-áin háin not applicable

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

References

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