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álainn

See also: alainn and àlainn

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish álaind (“beautiful, fine, lovely”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

álainn (genitive singular masculine álainn, genitive singular feminine áille, plural áille, comparative áille)

  1. beautiful, fair, lovely
  2. delightful

Usage notes edit

Takes the adverbial construction go hálainn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an crann seo go hálainn.
    This tree is beautiful.

Declension edit

Declension of álainn
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative álainn álainn áille
Vocative álainn áille
Genitive áille áille álainn
Dative álainn álainn áille
Comparative níos áille
Superlative is áille

Synonyms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
álainn n-álainn hálainn not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15

Further reading edit

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