luain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúaidid (“moves across, sets in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuənʲ/

Noun

luain f (genitive singular luaine)

1. movement
2. vigorous exertion, hard work

Declension

Declension of luain (second declension, no plural)

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

Derived terms

• luaineach (“fast-moving, nimble; restless, unsteady; changeable, vacillating, inconstant; volatile”)
• luaineacht (“mobility, nimbleness; restlessness; changeableness, vacillation, inconstancy, fluctuation; volatility”)
• luainigh (“to move quickly, nimbly; to move unsteadily, vary, change; to fluctuate; to hunt; to precess; to weathervane”)