airne
Irish
airní
Alternative forms
- áirne (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish áirne, from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (“berry”). Compare Proto-Germanic *akraną (“acorn”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ (“berry”), and the Iberian loanwords of Catalan aranyó (“sloe”), Spanish arañón (“sloe”), Occitan agreno, Basque aran (“plum”), basokaran (“sloe”), etc.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɾˠn̠ʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈæːɾˠn̠ʲə/
Noun
airne f or m (genitive singular airne, nominative plural airní)
- sloe (fruit of Prunus spinosa)
- gland
Declension
Declension of airne
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of airne
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- airneog f (“sloe tree, blackthorn”)
- biotáille airní f (“sloe gin”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airne | n-airne | hairne | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “airne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áirne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “áirne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 17
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19.