luain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúaidid (“moves across, sets in motion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠuənʲ/

Noun

luain f (genitive singular luaine)

  1. movement
  2. vigorous exertion, hard work

Declension

Declension of luain (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative luain
vocative a luain
genitive luaine
dative luain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an luain
genitive na luaine
dative leis an luain
don luain

Derived terms

  • luaineach (“fast-moving, nimble; restless, unsteady; changeable, vacillating, inconstant; volatile”)
  • luaineacht (“mobility, nimbleness; restlessness; changeableness, vacillation, inconstancy, fluctuation; volatility”)
  • luainigh (“to move quickly, nimbly; to move unsteadily, vary, change; to fluctuate; to hunt; to precess; to weathervane”)
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