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aoinne
aoinne
Irish
Alternative forms
- éinne
Pronoun
aoinne
- Alternative form of aon duine (“anyone; no one”)
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- Her parents had no children (lit. “no one of children”) but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aoinne | n-aoinne | haoinne | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
- "aoinne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.