láine

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See also: laine, Laine, and làine

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láine.

Noun

láine f (genitive singular láine)

  1. fullness
Declension
Declension of láine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative láine
Vocative a láine
Genitive láine
Dative láine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an láine
Genitive na láine
Dative leis an láine

don láine

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

láine

  1. inflection of lán:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From lán +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

láine f

  1. fullness

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative láineL — —
Vocative láineL — —
Accusative láiniN — —
Genitive láine — —
Dative láiniL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: láine

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
láine
also lláine after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		láine
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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