aithinne

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæhən̠ʲə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæhn̠ʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aithinne.

Noun

aithinne m (genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

1. firebrand (torch or other burning stick)
2. spark

Alternative forms

• athainne

Etymology 2

Noun

aithinne m (genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

1. Alternative form of faithne (“wart”)

Declension

Declension of aithinne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aithinne aithinní vocative a aithinne a aithinní genitive aithinne aithinní dative aithinne aithinní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aithinne na haithinní genitive an aithinne na n-aithinní dative leis an aithinne don aithinne leis na haithinní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithinne

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aithinne	n-aithinne	haithinne	not applicable

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) “aithinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫinne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 21
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21