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aint

aint

See also: ain't

English

Contraction

aint

Misspelling of ain't.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English aunt.

Noun

aint f ‎(genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)

An aunt.

Declension

Declension of aint

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aint	ainteanna
Vocative	a aint	a ainteanna
Genitive	ainte	ainteanna
Dative	aint	ainteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an aint	na hainteanna
Genitive	na hainte	na n-ainteanna
Dative	leis an aint don aint	leis na hainteanna

Synonyms

aintín

Coordinate terms

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

Mutation

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

References

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

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