aintín

See also: áintín

Irish

Alternative forms

• áintín (Munster)

Etymology

aint (“aunt”) +‎ -ín (diminutive ending)

Noun

aintín f (genitive singular aintín, nominative plural aintíní)

1. aunt

Declension

Declension of aintín (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aintín aintíní vocative a aintín a aintíní genitive aintín aintíní dative aintín aintíní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an aintín na haintíní genitive na haintín na n-aintíní dative leis an aintín don aintín leis na haintíní

Synonyms

• aint

Coordinate terms

• (gender): uncail
• (age): neacht
• (gender, age): nia

Derived terms

• sean-aintín f (“grand-aunt”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aintín

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aintín	n-aintín	haintín	t-aintín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aintín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN