abstaine

Irish

Noun

abstaine f (genitive singular abstaine)

1. (literary) Alternative form of abstanaid (“abstinence”)

Declension

Declension of abstaine (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative abstaine vocative a abstaine genitive abstaine dative abstaine forms with the definite article case singular nominative an abstaine genitive na habstaine dative leis an abstaine don abstaine

Mutation

Mutated forms of abstaine

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abstaine	n-abstaine	habstaine	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abstanaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN