díomhaoin

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dí- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dìomhain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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díomhaoin (genitive singular feminine díomhaoine, plural díomhaoine, comparative díomhaoine)

  1. unoccupied (not employed on a task), idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment), unemployed
  2. unmarried, unattached, single (not married nor dating)
  3. fallow (inactive, undeveloped)
  4. vain, useless, fruitless
  5. waste, empty

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díomhaoin dhíomhaoin ndíomhaoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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