aintréan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aintrén (“very strong”), from trén (“strong”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ tréan (“strong, powerful; intense, violent”).

Adjective

aintréan (genitive singular masculine aintréin, genitive singular feminine aintréine, plural aintréana, comparative aintreise)

1. violent; oppressive

Declension

Declension of aintréan

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aintréan	aintréan	aintréana
Vocative	aintréin		aintréana
Genitive		aintréane	aintréana	aintréan
Dative	aintréan	aintréan; aintréin (archaic)	aintréana
Comparative	níos aintreise
Superlative	is aintreise

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aintréan	n-aintréan	haintréan	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) “aintréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aintrén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language