anbhainne

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anbainne, anfainne (“great weakness; swoon, faint”).

Noun

anbhainne f (genitive singular anbhainne)

1. weakness, feebleness

   Synonyms: fainne, laige

Declension

Declension of anbhainne (fourth declension, no plural)

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

Alternative forms

• anbhfainne

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

anbhainne

1. inflection of anbhann:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of anbhainne

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anbhainne	n-anbhainne	hanbhainne	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anbhainne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “feebleness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anbainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anfainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anbhainne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm