Aoine

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Irish

Etymology

From aoine (“fasting”), from the traditional Roman Catholic practice of fasting and abstaining from meat on Fridays.

Pronunciation

Noun

Aoine f (genitive singular Aoine, nominative plural Aointe)

  1. Friday

Declension

Declension of Aoine (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Aoine Aointe
vocative a Aoine a Aointe
genitive Aoine Aointe
dative Aoine Aointe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Aoine na hAointe
genitive na hAoine na nAointe
dative leis an Aoine
don Aoine 		leis na hAointe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Aoine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Aoine nAoine hAoine not applicable

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

See also

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