aduaine

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare aduain.

Noun

aduaine f (genitive singular aduaine)

1. strangeness, unfamiliarity, obscurity

Declension

Declension of aduaine (fourth declension, no plural)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

aduaine

1. inflection of aduain (“strange, unfamiliar; apart”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of aduaine

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aduaine	n-aduaine	haduaine	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

• “aduaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

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