aintiún

Irish

Alternative forms
  • aintemhain f (obsolete)[1]
  • ainteamhain f (obsolete)[2]

Etymology

From Middle English antefen, from Old French anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna). Doublet of ainteafan.

Noun

aintiún m (genitive singular aintiúin, nominative plural aintiúin)

  1. (music) anthem

Declension
Declension of aintiún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aintiún aintiúin
Vocative a aintiúin a aintiúna
Genitive aintiúin aintiún
Dative aintiún aintiúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aintiún na haintiúin
Genitive an aintiúin na n-aintiún
Dative leis an aintiún

don aintiún

 leis na haintiúin

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aintiún n-aintiún haintiún not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aintemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. “ainteamhain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading
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