aint

== English == === Contraction === aint (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) aunt Synonym: aintín ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== (gender): uncail (relationship): neacht (gender, relationship): nia === Mutation === === 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) (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.