áin
Icelandic
Noun
áin f
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish áin f (“act of driving (animals etc.)”).
Noun
áin f (genitive singular áine)
Declension
Declension of áin
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
Noun
áin
- Alternative form of áil (“desire, wish”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áin | n-áin | háin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN