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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish álaind (“beautiful, fine, lovely”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
álainn (genitive singular masculine álainn, genitive singular feminine áille, plural áille, comparative áille)
- beautiful, fair, lovely
- delightful
Usage notes
Takes the adverbial construction go hálainn when used predicatively after a form of bí:
Tá an crann seo go hálainn.- This tree is beautiful.
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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álainn
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álainn
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áille
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Vocative
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álainn
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áille
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Genitive
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áille
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áille
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álainn
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Dative
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álainn
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álainn
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áille
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Comparative
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níos áille
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Superlative
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is áille
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Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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álainn
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n-álainn
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hálainn
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not applicable
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “álainn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “álainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “álainn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “álainn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024