anbhainne

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish anbainne, anfainne (“great weakness; swoon, faint”).

Noun

anbhainne f (genitive singular anbhainne)

1. weakness, feebleness

   Synonyms: fainne, laige

Declension

Declension of anbhainne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anbhainne Vocative a anbhainne Genitive anbhainne Dative anbhainne

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an anbhainne Genitive na hanbhainne Dative leis an anbhainne don anbhainne

Alternative forms

• anbhfainne

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

anbhainne

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

Mutation

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

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anbainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anfainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anbhainne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm