aduain

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

aduain (genitive singular masculine aduain, genitive singular feminine aduaine, plural aduaine, comparative aduaine)

1. strange, unfamiliar; apart

Declension

Declension of aduain

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aduain	aduain	aduaine
Vocative	aduain		aduaine
Genitive		aduaine	aduaine	aduain
Dative	aduain	aduain	aduaine
Comparative	níos aduaine
Superlative	is aduaine

Related terms

• aduaine f (“strangeness, unfamiliarity”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aduain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aduain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aduain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024