ainscian

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

ainscian f (genitive singular ainscéine)

  1. wildness, fury
  2. violent, belligerent person
    ainscian de dhuinewild, violent, person
    ainscian mnávirago

Declension

Declension of ainscian (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ainscian
vocative a ainscian
genitive ainscéine
dative ainscian
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ainscian
genitive na hainscéine
dative leis an ainscian
don ainscian

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Mutation

Mutated forms of ainscian
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainscian n-ainscian hainscian not applicable

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

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