Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish Apréil, borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.[3] The second syllable of the modern word may be influenced in part by braon (drop(s) (of rain)), but at any rate is adapted to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)

  1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

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Declension of Aibreán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Aibreán Aibreáin
vocative a Aibreáin a Aibreána
genitive Aibreáin Aibreán
dative Aibreán Aibreáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tAibreán na hAibreáin
genitive an Aibreáin na nAibreán
dative leis an Aibreán
don Aibreán
leis na hAibreáin

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Aibreán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Aibreán nAibreán hAibreán tAibreán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aibreán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Abraon”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Apréil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 553.2, page 145
  5. ^ Dillon, Myles, Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
  6. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 249, page 125
  7. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3
  8. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 423, page 117
  9. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 89, page 36

Further reading

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