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airne

airne

Irish

airní

Alternative forms

  • áirne (superseded)

Noun

airne f, m (genitive singular airne, nominative plural airní)

  1. sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
  2. gland

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

  • airneog f (sloe tree, blackthorn)
  • biotáille airní f (sloe gin)

Mutation

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

References

  • "airne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • áirne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “áirne” 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, 19.