aithinne

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæh(ə)n̠ʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aithinne.[2]

Noun

aithinne m (genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

  1. firebrand (torch or other burning stick)
  2. spark
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

aithinne m (genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

  1. alternative form of faithne (“wart”)

Declension

Declension of aithinne (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aithinne aithinní
vocative a aithinne a aithinní
genitive aithinne aithinní
dative aithinne aithinní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aithinne na haithinní
genitive an aithinne na n-aithinní
dative leis an aithinne
don aithinne 		leis na haithinní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithinne
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithinne n-aithinne haithinne 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

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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