Albain
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See also: Albáin
Irish
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Etymology
[edit]Originally the dative of now archaic Alba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Albain f (genitive Alban)
- Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Albain
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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- The definite article is used only with the genitive.
Related terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Albain | nAlbain | hAlbain | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- 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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9
- “Albain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Albain f
Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Albain (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | nAlbain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||