adhain

Irish

Alternative forms

• adhaintigh

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·annai (“kindles, lights; stirs up, incites; sets going, begins”).

Verb

adhain (present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)

1. (transitive, intransitive) kindle
2. (transitive, intransitive) inflame
3. (transitive, intransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
4. (~ ar) grate on

Conjugation

First Conjugation (B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	adhnaim	adhnann tú; adhnair†	adhnann sé, sí	adhnaimid	adhnann sibh	adhnann siad; adhnaid†	a adhnann; a adhnas / a n-adhnann*; a n-adhnas*	adhaintear
	past	d'adhain mé; d'adhnas / adhain mé‡; adhnas‡	d'adhain tú; d'adhnais / adhain tú‡; adhnais‡	d'adhain sé, sí / adhain sé, sí‡	d'adhnamar; d'adhain muid / adhnamar‡; adhain muid‡	d'adhain sibh; d'adhnabhair / adhain sibh‡; adhnabhair‡	d'adhain siad; d'adhnadar / adhain siad; adhnadar‡	a d'adhain / ar adhain*	adhnadh; hadhnadh†
	past habitual	d'adhnainn / adhnainn‡; n-adhnainn‡‡	d'adhainteá / adhainteá‡; n-adhainteᇇ	d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí‡; n-adhnadh sé, s퇇	d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnaimis‡; adhnadh muid‡; n-adhnaimis‡‡; n-adhnadh muid‡‡	d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh‡; n-adhnadh sibh‡‡	d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís‡; adhnadh siad‡; n-adhnaidís‡‡; n-adhnadh siad‡‡	a d'adhnadh / a n-adhnadh*	d'adhaintí / adhaintí‡; n-adhaint퇇
	future	adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad	adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair†	adhanfaidh sé, sí	adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid	adhanfaidh sibh	adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid†	a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas / a n-adhanfaidh*; a n-adhanfas*	adhanfar
conditional		d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn‡; n-adhanfainn‡‡	d'adhanfá / adhanfá‡; n-adhanfᇇ	d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhanfadh sé, s퇇	d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis‡; adhanfadh muid‡; n-adhanfaimis‡‡; n-adhanfadh muid‡‡	d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh‡; n-adhanfadh sibh‡‡	d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís‡; adhanfadh siad‡; n-adhanfaidís‡‡; n-adhanfadh siad‡‡	a d'adhanfadh / a n-adhanfadh*	d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí‡; n-adhanfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-adhna mé; go n-adhnad†	go n-adhna tú; go n-adhnair†	go n-adhna sé, sí	go n-adhnaimid; go n-adhna muid	go n-adhna sibh	go n-adhna siad; go n-adhnaid†	—	go n-adhaintear
	past	dá n-adhnainn	dá n-adhainteá	dá n-adhnadh sé, sí	dá n-adhnaimis; dá n-adhnadh muid	dá n-adhnadh sibh	dá n-adhnaidís; dá n-adhnadh siad	—	dá n-adhaintí
imperative		adhnaim	adhain	adhnadh sé, sí	adhnaimis	adhnaigí; adhnaidh†	adhnaidís	—	adhaintear
verbal noun		adhaint
past participle		adhainte

*Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

• 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

adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)

1. Alternative form of adhaint

Mutation

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

• "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.