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adhain

adhain

Irish

Alternative forms

adhaintigh

Verb

adhain ‎(present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)

(transitive, intransitive) kindle
(transitive, intransitive) inflame
(transitive, intransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
(~ ar) grate on

Conjugation

First Conjugation (B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	adhnaim	adhnann tú; adhnair^†	adhnann sé, sí	adhnaimid	adhnann sibh	adhnann siad; adhnaid^†	a adhnann; a adhnas / a n-adhnann; a n-adhnas	adhaintear
	past	d'adhain mé; d'adhnas / adhain mé‡; adhnas‡	d'adhain tú; d'adhnais / adhain tú‡; adhnais‡	d'adhain sé, sí / adhain sé, sí‡	d'adhnamar; d'adhain muid / adhnamar‡; adhain muid‡	d'adhain sibh; d'adhnabhair / adhain sibh‡; adhnabhair‡	d'adhain siad; d'adhnadar / adhain siad; adhnadar‡	a d'adhain / ar adhain*	adhnadh; hadhnadh^†
	past habitual	d'adhnainn / adhnainn‡	d'adhainteá / adhainteá‡	d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí‡	d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnaimis‡; adhnadh muid‡	d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh‡	d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís‡; adhnadh siad‡	a d'adhnadh; ar adhnadh*	d'adhaintí / adhaintí‡
	future	adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad	adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair^†	adhanfaidh sé, sí	adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid	adhanfaidh sibh	adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid^†	a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas / a n-adhanfaidh; a n-adhanfas	adhanfar
conditional		d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn‡	d'adhanfá / adhanfá‡	d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí‡	d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis‡; adhanfadh muid‡	d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh‡	d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís‡; adhanfadh siad‡	a d'adhanfadh / ar adhanfadh*	d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí‡
subjunctive	present	go n-adhna mé; go n-adhnad^†	go n-adhna tú; go n-adhnair^†	go n-adhna sé, sí	go n-adhnaimid; go n-adhna muid	go n-adhna sibh	go n-adhna siad; go n-adhnaid^†	—	go n-adhaintear
subjunctive	past	dá n-adhnainn	dá n-adhainteá	dá n-adhnadh sé, sí	dá n-adhnaimis; dá n-adhnadh muid	dá n-adhnadh sibh	dá n-adhnaidís; dá n-adhnadh siad	—	dá n-adhaintí
imperative		adhnaim	adhain	adhnadh sé, sí	adhnaimis	adhnaigí; adhnaidh^†	adhnaidís	—	adhaintear
verbal noun		adhaint
past participle		adhainte

*Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form

Derived terms

Terms derived from adhain

adhainteoir m ‎(“igniter”)
adhantach ‎(“igneous, inflammable”, adjective)

adhantaí m ‎(“fire-lighter”)
inadhainte ‎(“ignitable”, adjective)

ola-adhainte ‎(“oil-fired”, adjective)
so-adhainte ‎(“ignitable, inflammable”, adjective)

Noun

adhain f

Alternative form of adhaint

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhain	n-adhain	hadhain	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"adhain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“ad·annai” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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