ailbhean
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish elifaint, borrowed from Old French olifant. Cognate with Irish eilifint.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ailbhean m (genitive singular ailbhein, plural ailbheanan)
Declension edit
Declension of ailbhean (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | ailbhean | ailbheanan |
Genitive | ailbhein | ailbheanan |
Dative | ailbhean | ailbheanan; ailbheanaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) t-ailbhean | (na) h-ailbheanan |
Genitive | (an) ailbhein | (nan) ailbheanan |
Dative | (an) ailbhean | (na) h-ailbheanan; h-ailbheanaibh* |
Vocative | (a) ailbhein | (a) ailbheanan |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ailbhean | n-ailbhean | h-ailbhean | t-ailbhean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Colin Mark (2003) “ailbhean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 16