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uain

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See also: úain

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish úan, ón (loan, lending). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic on, oin (loan; laziness).

Noun

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uain f (genitive singular uaine, nominative plural uaineacha)

  1. opportune time, free time
  2. occasion; opportunity
  3. interval of time; space, respite
  4. turn, spell
  5. weather, season
Declension
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Declension of uain (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uain uaineacha
vocative a uain a uaineacha
genitive uaine uaineacha
dative uain uaineacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an uain na huaineacha
genitive na huaine na n-uaineacha
dative leis an uain
don uain
leis na huaineacha
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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uain

  1. inflection of uan:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of uain
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uain n-uain huain 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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 211, page 105

Rotokas

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tok Pisin wain, from English wine, from Middle English wyn, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

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uain

  1. wine

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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uain m

  1. inflection of uan:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

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Mutation of uain
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uain n-uain h-uain t-uain

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