áin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"

Icelandic

Noun

áin f

1. definite nominative singular of á

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áin f (“act of driving (animals etc.)”).

Noun

áin f (genitive singular áine)

1. (literary) (act of) driving

Declension

Declension of áin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative áin vocative a áin genitive áine dative áin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an áin genitive na háine dative leis an áin don áin

Etymology 2

Noun

áin

1. Alternative form of áil (“desire, wish”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of áin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áin	n-áin	háin	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN