aintiún

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English antefen, from Old French anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna). Doublet of ainteafan.

Noun

aintiún m (genitive singular aintiúin, nominative plural aintiúin)

  1. (music) anthem

Declension

Declension of aintiún (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aintiún aintiúin
vocative a aintiúin a aintiúna
genitive aintiúin aintiún
dative aintiún aintiúin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aintiún na haintiúin
genitive an aintiúin na n-aintiún
dative leis an aintiún
don aintiún 		leis na haintiúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of aintiún
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aintiún n-aintiún haintiún 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), “aintemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ “ainteamhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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