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aint

See also: ain't

English

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Contraction

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aint

  1. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ain't

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English aunt.

Noun

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aint f (genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)

  1. aunt
    Synonym: aintín

Declension

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Declension of aint (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aint ainteanna
vocative a aint a ainteanna
genitive ainte ainteanna
dative aint ainteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aint na hainteanna
genitive na hainte na n-ainteanna
dative leis an aint
don aint 		leis na hainteanna

Coordinate terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of aint
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aint n-aint haint not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse enta (“to regard, heed, notice, look after”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aint (third-person singular simple present aints, present participle aintin, simple past aintit, past participle aintit)

  1. (Orkney) to tend, heed, look after someone

Derived terms

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