airne
Irish
airní
Alternative forms
- áirne (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish áirne, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (compare Welsh eirin, and Catalan aranyo and Occitan agreno from Gaulish), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”) (compare English acorn, Lithuanian úoga (“strawberry”), and Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda, “berry”)).
Noun
airne f or m (genitive singular airne, nominative plural airní)
Declension
Declension of airne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of airne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- airneog f (“sloe tree, blackthorn”)
- biotáille airní f (“sloe gin”)
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
- "airne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “áirne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “áirne” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19.
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