uain

See also: úain

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uənʲ/, /uːnʲ/

Etymology 1

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”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uain

1. inflection of uan:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

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.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

uain m

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

Mutation

Mutation of uain

Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uain	n-uain	h-uain	t-uain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.