álainn

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See also: alainn and àlainn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish álaind (“beautiful, fine, lovely”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

álainn (genitive singular masculine álainn, genitive singular feminine áille, plural áille, comparative áille)

  1. beautiful, fair, lovely
  2. delightful

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go hálainn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an crann seo go hálainn.
    This tree is beautiful.

Declension

Declension of álainn
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative álainn álainn áille
vocative álainn áille
genitive áille áille álainn
dative álainn álainn áille
Comparative níos áille
Superlative is áille

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of álainn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
álainn n-álainn hálainn not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15

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