aistreán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) + -án.
Noun
[edit]aistreán m (genitive singular aistreáin)
- out-of-the-way place
- inconvenience (of journey)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aistreán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- aistreánach (“out of the way, inconvenient; rugged; migratory”, adjective)
- éan aistreáin (“migratory bird”)
- gaineamh aistreáin (“shifting sand”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aistreán | n-aistreán | haistreán | t-aistreán |
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) “aistreán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN