athghin

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish aithgein, from Old Irish aithgin, aithgein (rebirth, restitution). By surface analysis, ath- (re-, second) +‎ gin (begetting; birth).

Noun

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athghin f (genitive singular athghine, nominative plural athghinte)

  1. counterpart
Declension
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Declension of athghin (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative athghin athghinte
vocative a athghin a athghinte
genitive athghine athghinte
dative athghin athghinte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an athghin na hathghinte
genitive na hathghine na n-athghinte
dative leis an athghin
don athghin
leis na hathghinte

Etymology 2

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From ath- (re-, second) +‎ gin (generate, produce).

Verb

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athghin (present analytic athghineann, future analytic athghinfidh, verbal noun athghiniúint, past participle athghinte)

  1. (transitive) regenerate
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of athghin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athghin n-athghin hathghin 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

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