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álainn

See also: alainn and àlainn

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish álaind (“beautiful, fine, lovely”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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álainn (genitive singular masculine álainn, genitive singular feminine áille, plural áille, comparative áille)

  1. beautiful, fair, lovely
  2. delightful

Usage notes

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Takes the adverbial construction go hálainn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an crann seo go hálainn.
    This tree is beautiful.

Declension

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Declension of álainn
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative álainn álainn áille
vocative álainn áille
genitive áille áille álainn
dative álainn álainn áille
Comparative níos áille
Superlative is áille

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of álainn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
álainn n-álainn hálainn not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15

Further reading

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