Aibreán

Irish

Alternative forms

Abrán (Munster)^[1]
Abraon (obsolete)^[2]

Etymology

From Old Irish Apréil, borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.^[3] The second syllable of the modern word may be influenced in part by braon (“drop(s) (of rain)”), but at any rate is adapted to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑbˠ(ə)ˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/^[4]^[5], /əˈbˠɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/^[6] (corresponding to the variant Abrán)
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈaibʲɾʲɑːn/^[7]
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛbʲɾʲaːnˠ/^[8]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɛbʲɾʲanˠ/^[9]

Noun

Aibreán m (genitive singular Aibreáin, nominative plural Aibreáin)

April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Aibreán (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	Aibreán	Aibreáin
vocative	a Aibreáin	a Aibreána
genitive	Aibreáin	Aibreán
dative	Aibreán	Aibreáin

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an tAibreán	na hAibreáin
genitive	an Aibreáin	na nAibreán
dative	leis an Aibreán don Aibreán	leis na hAibreáin

Derived terms

amadán Aibreáin (“April fool”)
Lá Aibreáin (“All Fools' Day”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Aibreán*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Aibreán	nAibreán	hAibreán	tAibreán

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

References

^ “Aibreán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ “Abraon”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Apréil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 553.2, page 145
^ Dillon, Myles, Ó Cróinín, Donncha (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, Kent: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 212
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 249, page 125
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 423, page 117
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 89, page 36