uain

See also: úain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úan, ón (“loan, lending”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan; laziness”).

Noun

uain f (genitive singular uaine, nominative plural uaineacha)

1. opportune time, free time
2. occasion; opportunity
3. interval of time; space, respite
4. turn, spell
5. weather, season

Declension

Declension of uain

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uain uaineacha Vocative a uain a uaineacha Genitive uaine uaineacha Dative uain uaineacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uain na huaineacha Genitive na huaine na n-uaineacha Dative leis an uain don uain leis na huaineacha

Derived terms

• uainchlár (“roster, rota”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uain	n-uain	huain	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin wain, from English wine, from Middle English wyn, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Noun

uain

1. wine

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 131

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

uain m

1. inflection of uan:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

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