áin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"

Icelandic

Noun

áin f

1. definite nominative singular of á

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áin f (“act of driving (animals etc.)”).

Noun

áin f (genitive singular áine)

1. (literary) (act of) driving

Declension

Declension of áin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative áin Vocative a áin Genitive áine Dative áin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an áin Genitive na háine Dative leis an áin don áin

Etymology 2

Noun

áin

1. Alternative form of áil (“desire, wish”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN