adhain

Irish

Alternative forms

adhaintigh

Etymology

From Old Irish ad·annai (“kindles, lights; stirs up, incites; sets going, begins”).

Verb

adhain (present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)

(ambitransitive) kindle
(ambitransitive) inflame
(ambitransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
(~ ar) grate on

Conjugation

conjugation of adhain (first conjugation – B)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	adhaint
past participle	adhainte
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	adhnaim	adhnann tú; adhnair^†	adhnann sé, sí	adhnaimid	adhnann sibh	adhnann siad; adhnaid^†	a adhnann; a adhnas / a n-adhnann*	adhaintear
past	d'adhain mé; d'adhnas / adhain mé‡; adhnas‡	d'adhain tú; d'adhnais / adhain tú‡; adhnais‡	d'adhain sé, sí / adhain sé, sí‡	d'adhnamar; d'adhain muid / adhnamar‡; adhain muid‡	d'adhain sibh; d'adhnabhair / adhain sibh‡; adhnabhair‡	d'adhain siad; d'adhnadar / adhain siad; adhnadar‡	a d'adhain / ar adhain*	adhnadh; hadhnadh^†
past habitual	d'adhnainn / adhnainn‡; n-adhnainn‡‡	d'adhainteá / adhainteá‡; n-adhainteá‡‡	d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí‡; n-adhnadh sé, sí‡‡	d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnaimis‡; adhnadh muid‡; n-adhnaimis‡‡; n-adhnadh muid‡‡	d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh‡; n-adhnadh sibh‡‡	d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís‡; adhnadh siad‡; n-adhnaidís‡‡; n-adhnadh siad‡‡	a d'adhnadh / a n-adhnadh*	d'adhaintí / adhaintí‡; n-adhaintí‡‡
future	adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad	adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair^†	adhanfaidh sé, sí	adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid	adhanfaidh sibh	adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid^†	a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas / a n-adhanfaidh*	adhanfar
conditional	d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn‡; n-adhanfainn‡‡	d'adhanfá / adhanfá‡; n-adhanfá‡‡	d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhanfadh sé, sí‡‡	d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis‡; adhanfadh muid‡; n-adhanfaimis‡‡; n-adhanfadh muid‡‡	d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh‡; n-adhanfadh sibh‡‡	d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís‡; adhanfadh siad‡; n-adhanfaidís‡‡; n-adhanfadh siad‡‡	a d'adhanfadh / a n-adhanfadh*	d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí‡; n-adhanfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go n-adhna mé; go n-adhnad^†	go n-adhna tú; go n-adhnair^†	go n-adhna sé, sí	go n-adhnaimid; go n-adhna muid	go n-adhna sibh	go n-adhna siad; go n-adhnaid^†	—	go n-adhaintear
past	dá n-adhnainn	dá n-adhainteá	dá n-adhnadh sé, sí	dá n-adhnaimis; dá n-adhnadh muid	dá n-adhnadh sibh	dá n-adhnaidís; dá n-adhnadh siad	—	dá n-adhaintí
imperative
–	adhnaim	adhain	adhnadh sé, sí	adhnaimis	adhnaigí; adhnaidh^†	adhnaidís	—	adhaintear

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

adhainteoir m (“igniter”)
adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”, adjective)
adhantaí m (“fire-lighter”)
athadhain (“rekindle”, transitive verb)
inadhainte (“ignitable”, adjective)
ola-adhainte (“oil-fired”, adjective)
so-adhainte (“ignitable, inflammable”, adjective)

Noun

adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)

alternative form of adhaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of *adhain*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhain	n-adhain	hadhain	not applicable

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