apsaint

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aipsint, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”).

Noun

apsaint f (genitive singular apsainte)

1. absinthe

Declension

Declension of apsaint

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative apsaint Vocative a apsaint Genitive apsainte Dative apsaint

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an apsaint Genitive na hapsainte Dative leis an apsaint don apsaint

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apsaint	n-apsaint	hapsaint	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) “apsaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aipsint”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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