aicéin

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

aicéin f (genitive singular aicéine, nominative plural aicéiní)

1. (botany) achene

Declension

Declension of aicéin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aicéin aicéiní vocative a aicéin a aicéiní genitive aicéine aicéiní dative aicéin aicéiní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aicéin na haicéiní genitive na haicéine na n-aicéiní dative leis an aicéin don aicéin leis na haicéiní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aicéin

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicéin	n-aicéin	haicéin	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) “aicéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN