Aibreán

Aibreán

Irish

Alternative forms

• Abrán (Munster)
• Abraon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish Apréil, possibly influenced in part by braon (“drop(s) (of rain)”), borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /abʲəˈɾʲɑːn̪ˠ/, (corresponding to the variant Abrán) /ɑbˠəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈəibʲɾʲɑːn/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛbʲɾʲanˠ/[2]

Noun

Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Aibreán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Aibreán Aibreáin Vocative a Aibreáin a Aibreána Genitive Aibreáin Aibreán Dative Aibreán Aibreáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tAibreán na hAibreáin Genitive an Aibreáin na nAibreán Dative leis an Aibreán don Aibreán leis na hAibreáin

Derived terms

• amadán Aibreáin (“April fool”)
• Lá Aibreáin (“All Fools' Day”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aibreán	nAibreán	hAibreán	tAibreán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Eanáir, Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán, Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil, Lúnasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair, Samhain, Mí na Nollag ^{(Category: ga:Months)}

References

1. Dillon, Myles; Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Aibreán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 3.
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Aibreán”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Apréil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “Aibreán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy