aithgin
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Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]aithgin n
- verbal noun of ad·gainethar
- rebirth
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue line 240; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Ba hed aithgin mbetha.
- It was the rebirth of the world.
- restitution
- rebirth
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aithginN | aithginN | aithginenL |
| Vocative | aithginN | aithginN | aithginenL |
| Accusative | aithginN | aithginN | aithginenL |
| Genitive | aithgine | aithginenN | aithginenN |
| Dative | aithginimL | aithginenaib | aithginenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aithgin | unchanged | n-aithgin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgein”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language