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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aistreán Vocative a aistreáin Genitive aistreáin Dative aistreán

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aistreán	n-aistreán	haistreán	t-aistreán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aistreán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN