aistreán

Irish

Etymology

From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) +‎ -án.

Noun

aistreán m (genitive singular aistreáin)

  1. out-of-the-way place
  2. (of journey) inconvenience

Declension
Declension of aistreán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aistreán
Vocative a aistreáin
Genitive aistreáin
Dative aistreán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aistreán
Genitive an aistreáin
Dative leis an aistreán

don aistreán

Derived terms
  • aistreánach (“out of the way, inconvenient; rugged; migratory”, adjective)
  • éan aistreáin (“migratory bird”)
  • gaineamh aistreáin (“shifting sand”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aistreán n-aistreán haistreán t-aistreán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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