aighne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aigne m (“one learned in law or in the practice of law; lawyer, advocate, pleader”).

Noun

aighne m (genitive singular aighne, nominative plural aighní)

1. (law) pleader, advocate

Declension

Declension of aighne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aighne aighní vocative a aighne a aighní genitive aighne aighní dative aighne aighní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aighne na haighní genitive an aighne na n-aighní dative leis an aighne don aighne leis na haighní

Derived terms

• Ard-Aighne (“Attorney-General”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aighne

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aighne	n-aighne	haighne	t-aighne

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) “aighne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aigne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aighne f sg

1. genitive singular of aghann (“(frying) pan”)

Mutation

Mutation of aighne

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aighne	n-aighne	h-aighne	t-aighne

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