oiliúint

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish oilemain, ailemain f (“nourishment”),[1] verbal noun of oilid (“to nourish”) (from Old Irish ailid). By surface analysis, oil +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation

Noun

oiliúint f (genitive singular oiliúna)

  1. verbal noun of oil (“to nourish”)
  2. nutrition, nourishment
  3. nurture, upbringing, fostering care
  4. training, coaching

Declension

Declension of oiliúint (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative oiliúint
vocative a oiliúint
genitive oiliúna
dative oiliúint
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an oiliúint
genitive na hoiliúna
dative leis an oiliúint
don oiliúint

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of oiliúint
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oiliúint n-oiliúint hoiliúint 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 84
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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