aduaine

Irish

Etymology 1

Compare aduain.

Noun

aduaine f (genitive singular aduaine)

  1. strangeness, unfamiliarity, obscurity
Declension
Declension of aduaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Adjective

aduaine

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aduaine n-aduaine haduaine not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "aduaine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “aduaine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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