awin

Manx

Alternative forms

• aon

Etymology

From Old Irish ab, aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aunʲ/, /ˈawənʲ/

Noun

awin f (genitive singular awiney or awin, plural awinyn)

1. river

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Determiner

awin

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ain

References

• “awin, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.