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See also: ain, Ain, áin, aiŋ, -ain, a in, and ain'

ain-

Used before slender vowels and consonants. Lenites initial consonants b, c, f, g, m, p.

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

ain-

ain-

(rarely) slender form of an-²

ain- + ‎teas ‎(“heat”) → ‎ain-teas ‎(“inflammation”)

ain- + ‎teth ‎(“hot”) → ‎ain-teth ‎(“inflamed; scorching”)