aintín

See also: áintín

Irish

Alternative forms

• áintín (Munster)

Etymology

aint (“aunt”) +‎ -ín (diminutive ending)

Noun

aintín f (genitive singular aintín, nominative plural aintíní)

1. aunt

Declension

Declension of aintín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aintín aintíní Vocative a aintín a aintíní Genitive aintín aintíní Dative aintín aintíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aintín na haintíní Genitive na haintín na n-aintíní Dative leis an aintín don aintín leis na haintíní

Synonyms

• aint

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• sean-aintín f (“grand-aunt”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aintín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN