adhain
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ad·annai (“kindles, lights; stirs up, incites; sets going, begins”).
Verb[edit]
adhain (present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)
- (transitive, intransitive) kindle
- (transitive, intransitive) inflame
- (transitive, intransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
- (~ ar) grate on
Conjugation[edit]
*Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Derived terms[edit]
- adhainteoir m (“igniter”)
- adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”, adjective)
- adhantaí m (“fire-lighter”)
- athadhain (“rekindle”, transitive verb)
- inadhainte (“ignitable”, adjective)
- ola-adhainte (“oil-fired”, adjective)
- so-adhainte (“ignitable, inflammable”, adjective)
Noun[edit]
adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)
- Alternative form of adhaint
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhain | n-adhain | hadhain | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- "adhain" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ad·annai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “adhain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.