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aintréan
aintréan
Irish
Adjective
aintréan (genitive singular masculine aintréin, genitive singular feminine aintréine, plural aintréana, comparative aintreise)
Declension
Declension of aintréan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aintréan | aintréan¹ | aintréana³ | |
| Vocative | aintréin¹ | aintréan¹ | aintréana | |
| Genitive | aintréin¹ | aintréine | aintréana | aintréan |
| Dative | aintréan² | aintréan¹; (archaic) aintréin¹ |
aintréana³ | |
| Comparative | aintreise | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aintréan | n-aintréan | haintréan | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aintréan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aintrén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.