aintréan

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aintrén (“very strong”), from trén (“strong”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”).

Adjective

aintréan (genitive singular masculine aintréin, genitive singular feminine aintréine, plural aintréana, comparative aintreise)

  1. violent; oppressive

Declension

Declension of aintréan
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative aintréan aintréan aintréana
vocative aintréin aintréana
genitive aintréane aintréana aintréan
dative aintréan aintréan;
aintréin (archaic) 		aintréana
Comparative níos aintreise
Superlative is aintreise

Mutation

Mutated forms of aintréan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aintréan n-aintréan haintréan 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

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