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aduain
aduain
Irish
Adjective
aduain (genitive singular masculine aduain, genitive singular feminine aduaine, plural aduaine, comparative aduaine)
Declension
Declension of aduain
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aduain | aduain¹ | aduaine³ | |
| Vocative | aduain¹ | aduain¹ | aduaine | |
| Genitive | aduain¹ | aduaine | aduaine | aduain |
| Dative | aduain² | aduain¹ | aduaine³ | |
| Comparative | aduaine | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- aduaine f (“strangeness, unfamiliarity”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aduain | n-aduain | haduain | t-aduain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aduain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.