aoine

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”) (originally as an ascetic practice, as opposed to troscad (“coercive fasting”)), from Latin ieiūnium (“fast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, nominative plural aointe)

  1. (archaic) fast, fasting (period of abstaining from food or drink); shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want
    Synonym: troscadh
  2. (archaic) abstinence

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 n-aointe
dative leis an aoine
don aoine 		leis na haointe

Alternative forms

  • (fast, fasting; shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want): aoineadh

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoine n-aoine 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.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, plural aoine)

  1. fast, fast day
  2. diet
    O aoine gu anmhainn. ― Too much dieting is a bad thing.
  3. Alternative form of Dihaoine.

Mutation

Mutation of aoine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoine n-aoine h-aoine t-aoine

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

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