aduain

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈd̪ˠuənʲ/

Adjective

aduain (genitive singular masculine aduain, genitive singular feminine aduaine, plural aduaine, comparative aduaine)

1. strange, unfamiliar; apart

Declension

Declension of aduain

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aduain	aduain	aduaine
vocative	aduain		aduaine
genitive		aduaine	aduaine	aduain
dative	aduain	aduain	aduaine
Comparative	níos aduaine
Superlative	is aduaine

Related terms

• aduaine f (“strangeness, unfamiliarity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aduain

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aduain	n-aduain	haduain	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) “aduain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aduain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aduain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025