Albain

See also: Albáin

Irish

Etymology

Originally the dative of now archaic Alba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəbˠənʲ/, /ˈalˠəbˠənʲ/

Proper noun

Albain f (genitive Alban)

1. Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Declension

Declension of Albain (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Albain vocative a Albain genitive Alban dative Albain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Albain genitive na hAlban dative leis an Albain don Albain

• The definite article is used only with the genitive.

Related terms

• Albain Nua f (“Nova Scotia”)
• Albainis m (“Scots (language)”)
• Albanach (“Scottish”, adjective)
• Albanach m (“Scot, Scottish person”)
• Béarla na hAlban (“Scottish English”)
• Eaglais na hAlban f (“the Church of Scotland”)
• fuisce na hAlban m (“Scotch whisky”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Albain

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Albain	nAlbain	hAlbain	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Albain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Albu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Alba”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Albain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9
• “Albain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Proper noun

Albain f

1. accusative/dative singular of Albu

Mutation

Mutation of Albain

radical	lenition	nasalization
Albain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nAlbain

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