aint

See also: ain't

English

Contraction

aint

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

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative aint ainteanna Vocative a aint a ainteanna Genitive ainte ainteanna Dative aint ainteanna

Forms with the definite article Case 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

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

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 aintit, 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.