aighne

aighne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aigne m (“one learned in law or in the practice of law; lawyer, advocate, pleader”).

Noun

aighne m (genitive singular aighne, nominative plural aighní)

1. (law) pleader, advocate

Declension

Declension of aighne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aighne aighní Vocative a aighne a aighní Genitive aighne aighní Dative aighne aighní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aighne na haighní Genitive an aighne na n-aighní Dative leis an aighne don aighne leis na haighní

Derived terms

• Ard-Aighne (“Attorney-General”)

Mutation

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

References

• "aighne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aigne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

aighne f sg

1. genitive singular of aghann (“(frying) pan”)

Mutation

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