ainfine

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbthen, ainbthine.[1]

Noun

ainfine f (genitive singular ainfine, nominative plural ainfiní)

  1. spring tide
  2. storm

Declension

Declension of ainfine (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ainfine ainfiní
vocative a ainfine a ainfiní
genitive ainfine ainfiní
dative ainfine ainfiní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ainfine na hainfiní
genitive na hainfine na n-ainfiní
dative leis an ainfine
don ainfine
leis na hainfiní

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainfine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainfine n-ainfine hainfine 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainbthen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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