aistreán

Irish

Etymology

From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aistreán m (genitive singular aistreáin)

  1. out-of-the-way place
  2. inconvenience (of journey)

Declension

Declension of aistreán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aistreán
vocative a aistreáin
genitive aistreáin
dative aistreán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aistreán
genitive an aistreáin
dative leis an aistreán
don aistreán

Derived terms

  • aistreánach (“out of the way, inconvenient; rugged; migratory”, adjective)
  • éan aistreáin (“migratory bird”)
  • gaineamh aistreáin (“shifting sand”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aistreán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aistreán n-aistreán haistreán t-aistreán

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

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