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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish anbainne, anfainne (“great weakness; swoon, faint”).
Noun
anbhainne f (genitive singular anbhainne)
- weakness, feebleness
- Synonyms: fainne, laige
Declension
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
anbhainne
- inflection of anbhann:
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| anbhainne
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n-anbhainne
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hanbhainne
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anbhainne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “feebleness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anbainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anfainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “anbhainne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.