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 iēiūnium (“fast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aoine f (genitive singular aoine, nominative plural aointe)
- (archaic) fast, fasting (period of abstaining from food or drink); shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want
- (archaic) abstinence
Declension
Declension of aoine
Alternative forms
- (fast, fasting; shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want): aoineadh
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Aoine f (“Friday”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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