anduine

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an- (“in-, un-, not; bad, unnatural”) +‎ duine (“person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anduine m (genitive singular anduine, nominative plural andaoine)

  1. inhuman, wicked person
    Synonyms: do-dhuine, rógaire

Declension

Declension of anduine (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative anduine andaoine
vocative a anduine a andaoine
genitive anduine andaoine
dative anduine andaoine
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-anduine na handaoine
genitive an anduine na n-andaoine
dative leis an anduine
don anduine 		leis na handaoine

Mutation

Mutated forms of anduine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anduine n-anduine handuine t-anduine

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87

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