aint

See also: ain't

English

Contraction

aint

1. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ain't.

Anagrams

• nait, Atin, aniṭ, Tina, Tian, tain, anti, tian, tina, Tani, Tain, TINA, -itan, NAIT, anti-

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aunt.

Noun

aint f (genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)

1. aunt

   Synonym: aintín

Declension

Declension of aint (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aint ainteanna vocative a aint a ainteanna genitive ainte ainteanna dative aint ainteanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an aint na hainteanna genitive na hainte na n-ainteanna dative leis an aint don aint leis na hainteanna

Coordinate terms

• (gender): uncail
• (relationship): neacht
• (gender, relationship): nia

Mutation

Mutated forms of aint

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aint	n-aint	haint	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scots

Alternative forms

• ent, ant, annt (Shetland)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse enta (“to regard, heed, notice, look after”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnt/

Verb

aint (third-person singular simple present aints, present participle aintin, simple past and past participle aintit)

1. (Orkney) to tend, heed, look after someone

Derived terms

• ainty

References

• “aint, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.