uain

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úan, ón (“loan, lending”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan; laziness”).

Noun

uain f (genitive singular uaine, nominative plural uaineacha)

  1. opportune time, free time
  2. occasion; opportunity
  3. interval of time; space, respite
  4. turn, spell
  5. weather, season
Declension
Declension of uain

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uain uaineacha
Vocative a uain a uaineacha
Genitive uaine uaineacha
Dative uain uaineacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uain na huaineacha
Genitive na huaine na n-uaineacha
Dative leis an uain

don uain

leis na huaineacha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uain

  1. inflection of uan:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uain n-uain huain not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin wain, from English wine, from Middle English wyn, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

uain

  1. wine

References

  • Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎, Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 131

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

uain m

  1. inflection of uan:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uain n-uain h-uain t-uain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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