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aoinne

aoinne

Irish

Alternative forms

  • éinne

Pronoun

aoinne

  1. Alternative form of aon duine (anyone; no one)
    • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
      Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
      Her parents had no children (lit. “no one of children”) but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

Mutation

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

References

  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.