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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Apréil, possibly influenced in part by braon (“drop(s) (of rain)”), borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)
- April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Aibreán
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nAibreán
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hAibreán
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tAibreán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag (Category: ga:Months)
References
- ^ “Aibreán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Apréil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Dillon, Myles, Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
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