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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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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aint n-aint haint not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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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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