adhnáire
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shamefacedness, bashfulness, diffidence, backwardness or reluctance; modesty, sense of decorum, nobility of behaviour, generosity”).
Noun
adhnáire f (genitive singular adhnáire)
Declension
Declension of adhnáire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from adhnáire
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhnáire | n-adhnáire | hadhnáire | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhnáire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adnáire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “adhnáire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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