awin
Manx edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ab, aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
awin f (genitive singular awiney or awin, plural awinyn)
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots edit
Determiner edit
awin
References edit
- “awin, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.