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

IPA^(key): /ˈiːnʲə/

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

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

Synonyms

troscadh

Derived terms

Aoine f (“Friday”)

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

"aoine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“2 aín” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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