airne

See also: áirne

Irish

airní

Alternative forms

• áirne (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish áirne, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Compare Proto-Germanic *akraną (“acorn”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ (“berry”), and the Iberian loanwords of Catalan aranyó (“sloe”), Spanish arañón (“sloe”), Occitan agreno, Basque aran (“plum”), basokaran (“sloe”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠn̠ʲə/

Noun

airne f or m (genitive singular airne, nominative plural airní)

1. sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
2. gland

Declension

Declension of airne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative airne airní Vocative a airne a airní Genitive airne airní Dative airne airní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an airne na hairní Genitive na hairne na n-airní Dative leis an airne don airne leis na hairní

Alternative declension

Declension of airne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative airne airní Vocative a airne a airní Genitive airne airní Dative airne airní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airne na hairní Genitive an airne na n-airní Dative leis an airne don airne leis na hairní

Derived terms

• airneog f (“sloe tree, blackthorn”)
• biotáille airní f (“sloe gin”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áirne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 17