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aithinne

aithinne

Irish

Noun

aithinne m ‎(genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

firebrand (torch or other burning stick)
spark

Etymology 2

Noun

aithinne m ‎(genitive singular aithinne, nominative plural aithinní)

Alternative form of faithne ‎(“wart”)

Declension

Declension of aithinne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aithinne	aithinní
Vocative	a aithinne	a aithinní
Genitive	aithinne	aithinní
Dative	aithinne	aithinní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aithinne	na haithinní
Genitive	an aithinne	na n-aithinní
Dative	leis an aithinne don aithinne	leis na haithinní

Mutation

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

References

“aithinne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“aiṫinne” 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, 21.
"aithinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.