áinne

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ānniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂n- (“ring”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaːn͈ʲe]

Noun

áinne m

ring
(anatomy) anus, rectum

Declension

Masculine io-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	áinne	áinne^L	áinni^L
vocative	áinni	áinne^L	áinniu
accusative	áinne^N	áinne^L	áinniu^H
genitive	áinni^L	áinne^L	áinne^N
dative	áinniu^L	áinnib	áinnib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: fáinne
- Irish: fáinne
  - → English: fainne, Fainne, Fáinne, fáinne, fawny, fawney, phony, phoney (British)
  - → Romani: foni
- Manx: fainey
- Scottish Gaelic: fàinne

Mutation

Mutation of *áinne*
radical	lenition	nasalization
áinne (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	áinne	n-áinne

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language