ainteafan

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

ainteafan m (genitive singular ainteafain, nominative plural ainteafain)

  1. (music) antiphon

Declension

Declension of ainteafan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ainteafan ainteafain
vocative a ainteafain a ainteafana
genitive ainteafain ainteafan
dative ainteafan ainteafain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ainteafan na hainteafain
genitive an ainteafain na n-ainteafan
dative leis an ainteafan
don ainteafan 		leis na hainteafain

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainteafan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainteafan n-ainteafan hainteafan 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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