uaigneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úaignes, uainces.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

uaigneas m (genitive singular uaignis)

  1. loneliness (condition of being lonely)

Declension
Declension of uaigneas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative uaigneas
Vocative a uaignis
Genitive uaignis
Dative uaigneas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-uaigneas
Genitive an uaignis
Dative leis an uaigneas

don uaigneas

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uaigneas n-uaigneas huaigneas t-uaigneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úaignes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 78

Further reading
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