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See also: alainn and àlainn

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

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

Declension of álainn

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

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

“álaind” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“álainn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 15.
"álainn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.