uaigneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úaignes, uainces.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈuəɟɪnʲəsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuəɟnʲəsˠ/

Noun

uaigneas m (genitive singular uaignis)

1. loneliness (condition of being lonely)

Declension

Declension of uaigneas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative uaigneas vocative a uaignis genitive uaignis dative uaigneas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-uaigneas genitive an uaignis dative leis an uaigneas don uaigneas

Related terms

• uaigneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaigneas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uaigneas	n-uaigneas	huaigneas	t-uaigneas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaigneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 769
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaigneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN