álainn

See also: alainn and àlainn

Irish

From Old Irish álaind (“beautiful, fine, lovely”).[1]

álainn (genitive singular masculine álainn, genitive singular feminine áille, plural áille, comparative áille)

Takes the adverbial construction go hálainn when used predicatively after a form of bí:

Declension of álainn

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	álainn	álainn	áille
Vocative	álainn	álainn	áille
Genitive	álainn	áille	áille	álainn
Dative	álainn	álainn	áille
Comparative	níos áille
Superlative	is áille

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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “álaind”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 15

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “álainn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 23
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “álainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “álainn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “álainn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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