aiteann – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of aiteann

Noun: aiteann

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativeaiteann
Singular Genitiveaitinn

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean t-aiteann
Singular Genitivean aitinn

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like aiteann

aiteann, coiteann, cuileann, greann, ifreann,

Etymology

From Old Irish aiten m (“furze, gorse”), from Proto-Celtic *axtīnos (“furze, gorse”) (compare Welsh eithin), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱstis (compare Lithuanian aksti̇̀s (“thorn”), Russian ость (ostʹ, “awn, bristle”)), enlargement of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See: Russian Nouns 'ость'.

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