apsaint

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aipsint, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”).

Noun

apsaint f (genitive singular apsainte)

1. absinthe

Declension

Declension of apsaint (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative apsaint vocative a apsaint genitive apsainte dative apsaint forms with the definite article case singular nominative an apsaint genitive na hapsainte dative leis an apsaint don apsaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of apsaint

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apsaint	n-apsaint	hapsaint	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “apsaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aipsint”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language