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English
Contraction
aint
- (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ain't
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English aunt.
Noun
aint f (genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)
- aunt
- Synonym: aintín
Declension
Coordinate terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aint
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n-aint
|
haint
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not applicable
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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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Further reading
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse enta (“to regard, heed, notice, look after”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aint (third-person singular simple present aints, present participle aintin, simple past aintit, past participle aintit)
- (Orkney) to tend, heed, look after someone
Derived terms
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