aintiún

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English antefen, from Old French anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna). Doublet of ainteafan.

Noun

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aintiún m (genitive singular aintiúin, nominative plural aintiúin)

  1. (music) anthem

Declension

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aintemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ ainteamhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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