airne

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See also: áirne

Irish

airní

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish áirne, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Compare Proto-Germanic *akraną (“acorn”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ (“berry”), and the Iberian loanwords of Catalan aranyó (“sloe”), Spanish arañón (“sloe”), Occitan agreno, Basque aran (“plum”), basokaran (“sloe”), etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

airne f or m (genitive singular airne, nominative plural airní)

  1. sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
  2. gland

Declension

Declension of airne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airne airní
Vocative a airne a airní
Genitive airne airní
Dative airne airní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an airne na hairní
Genitive na hairne na n-airní
Dative leis an airne

don airne

leis na hairní
Alternative declension
Declension of airne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airne airní
Vocative a airne a airní
Genitive airne airní
Dative airne airní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-airne na hairní
Genitive an airne na n-airní
Dative leis an airne

don airne

leis na hairní

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airne n-airne hairne not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áirne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 19

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