Aibreán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Apréil, possibly influenced in part by braon (drop(s) (of rain)), borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /abʲəˈɾʲɑːn̪ˠ/, (corresponding to the variant Abrán) /ɑbˠəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈəibʲɾʲɑːn/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɛbʲɾʲanˠ/[5]

Noun

Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)

  1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Aibreán nAibreán hAibreán tAibreán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

References

  1. Aibreán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Apréil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Dillon, Myles, Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
  4. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3
  5. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36

Further reading

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