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Irish
Pronunciation
Prefix
ain-
- slender form of an- (“un-; bad”)
Usage notes
Used before slender vowels and consonants. Lenites initial consonants b, c, f, g, m, p.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
|
| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| ain-
|
n-ain-
|
hain-
|
t-ain-
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
References
Scottish Gaelic
Prefix
ain-
- slender form of an-1
- (rarely) slender form of an-2
- ain- + teas (“heat”) → ain-teas (“inflammation”)
- ain- + teth (“hot”) → ain-teth (“inflamed; scorching”)