aiteannach

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Irish

Etymology

From aiteann (furze, gorse, whin) +‎ -ach, from Old Irish aittenn (furze, gorse).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aiteannach f (genitive singular aiteannaí)

  1. (collective) furze, gorse, whins

Declension

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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