aistreán

Irish

Etymology

From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aistreán m (genitive singular aistreáin)

1. out-of-the-way place
2. inconvenience (of journey)

Declension

Declension of aistreán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aistreán vocative a aistreáin genitive aistreáin dative aistreán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-aistreán genitive an aistreáin dative leis an aistreán don aistreán

Derived terms

• aistreánach (“out of the way, inconvenient; rugged; migratory”, adjective)
• éan aistreáin (“migratory bird”)
• gaineamh aistreáin (“shifting sand”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aistreán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aistreán	n-aistreán	haistreán	t-aistreán

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) “aistreán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN