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adhain

adhain

Irish

Alternative forms

  • adhaintigh

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

Derived terms

Noun

adhain f

  1. Alternative form of adhaint

Mutation

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

References

  • "adhain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • ad·annai” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.