abhainn
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From Old Irish aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”). The form abhainn was originally the dative singular of abha, but is now widely used as the nominative/accusative as well.
Pronunciation
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Noun
abhainn f (genitive singular abhann or aibhne, nominative plural aibhneacha or aibhne)
- river
- Níl aon abhainn san oileán.
- There’s no river on the island.
- Dá dtéiteá go Gaillimh inné, d’fhéadfá a dhul isteach an abhainn go réidh, mar nach raibh aon tsruth mór.
- If you had gone to Galway yesterday, you would have easily been able to go up the river, since there wasn’t a very strong current.
- Bhí an abhainn reoite.
- The river was frozen.
- bruach na haibhne ― the riverbank
- Bhí na haibhneacha uilig reoite.
- All the rivers were frozen.
- Dhá mbeadh an t-airgead againn, ghabhfadh muid do haibhneacha Chill Airne.
- If we had the money, we would go to the rivers of Killarney.
Declension
- Standard
Declension of abhainn
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Nonstandard
Declension of abhainn
- Variant genitive singular: abhna
- Variant plural forms: abhanta, aibhnte, aibhnteacha
Derived terms
- craobh-abhainn, fo-abhainn (“affluent, tributary”)
- tréig-abhainn (“distributary”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abhainn | n-abhainn | habhainn | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abhainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abhainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “abhainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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From Old Irish aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”). The form abhainn was originally the dative singular of abha, but is now widely used as the nominative/accusative as well.
Noun
abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abhainn | n-abhainn | h-abhainn | t-abhainn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “abhainn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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