aintín

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See also: áintín

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

aint (“aunt”) +‎ -ín (diminutive ending)

Noun

aintín f (genitive singular aintín, nominative plural aintíní)

  1. aunt

Declension

Declension of aintín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aintín aintíní
vocative a aintín a aintíní
genitive aintín aintíní
dative aintín aintíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aintín na haintíní
genitive na haintín na n-aintíní
dative leis an aintín
don aintín 		leis na haintíní

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Mutation

Mutated forms of aintín
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aintín n-aintín haintín t-aintín

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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