aduain
Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aduain (genitive singular masculine aduain, genitive singular feminine aduaine, plural aduaine, comparative aduaine)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
[edit]- aduaine f (“strangeness, unfamiliarity”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 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, 2013-2024