awin

Manx

Alternative forms

aon

Etymology

From Old Irish ab, aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aunʲ/, /ˈawənʲ/

Noun

awin f (genitive singular awiney or awin, plural awinyn)

river

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Determiner

awin

(obsolete) Alternative form of ain

References

“awin, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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