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Old Irish
Etymology
From aith- + gein.
Noun
aithgin n
- verbal noun of ad·gainethar
- rebirth
c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue line 240; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:Ba hed aithgin mbetha.- It was the rebirth of the world.
- restitution
Inflection
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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aithgin (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-aithgin
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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