aintréan
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish aintrén (“very strong”), from trén (“strong”). By surface analysis, ain- + tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”).
Adjective
[edit]aintréan (genitive singular masculine aintréin, genitive singular feminine aintréine, plural aintréana, comparative aintreise)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aintréan
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aintréan | n-aintréan | haintréan | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aintréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aintrén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language