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aintín

aintín

Irish

Noun

aintín f ‎(genitive singular aintín, nominative plural aintíní)

aunt

Declension

Declension of aintín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aintín	aintíní
Vocative	a aintín	a aintíní
Genitive	aintín	aintíní
Dative	aintín	aintíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an aintín	na haintíní
Genitive	na haintín	na n-aintíní
Dative	leis an aintín don aintín	leis na haintíní

Synonyms

aint

Coordinate terms

(gender): uncail
(age): neacht
(gender, age): nia

Derived terms

sean-aintín f ‎(“grand-aunt”)

Mutation

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

References

"aintín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.