aoine

See also: Aoine

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”) (originally as an ascetic practice, as opposed to troscad (“coercive fasting”)), from Latin ieiūnium (“fast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːnʲə/

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, nominative plural aointe)

1. (archaic) fast, fasting (period of abstaining from food or drink); shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want

   Synonym: troscadh

2. (archaic) abstinence

Declension

Declension of aoine

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aoine aointe Vocative a aoine a aointe Genitive aoine aointe Dative aoine aointe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aoine na haointe Genitive na haoine na n-aointe Dative leis an aoine don aoine leis na haointe

Alternative forms

• (fast, fasting; shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want): aoineadh

Derived terms

• Aoine f (“Friday”)

See also

• céalacan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoine	n-aoine	haoine	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) “aoine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯːɲə/

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, plural aoine)

1. fast, fast day
2. diet

   O aoine gu anmhainn. ― Too much dieting is a bad thing.

3. Alternative form of Dihaoine.

Related terms

• aoinich (“fall on a Friday”, verb)
• Rìgh nan Trì Aoineachan (“The Lord”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoine	n-aoine	h-aoine	t-aoine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.