uaigneach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish úaignech, derived from the root of Old Irish úathad (“a small number, singleness”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

uaigneach (genitive singular masculine uaignigh, genitive singular feminine uaigní, plural uaigneacha, comparative uaigní)

  1. lonely

Declension

Declension of uaigneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative uaigneach uaigneach uaigneacha
vocative uaignigh uaigneacha
genitive uaigní uaigneacha uaigneach
dative uaigneach uaigneach;
uaignigh (archaic) 		uaigneacha
Comparative níos uaigní
Superlative is uaigní

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaigneach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaigneach n-uaigneach huaigneach not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaignech, uaingech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish úaignech, derived from the root of Old Irish úathad (“a small number, singleness”). According to MacBain, it is cognate with Old Norse auðr (“desolate, empty”) and Latin ōtium (“leisure, idleness, peace and quiet”), which makes it derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuəkʲɲəx/

Adjective

uaigneach

  1. lonely, lonesome (person)
    Synonym: aonaranach
  2. solitary, deserted, secluded, remote (place)
    Synonym: aonaranach
  3. private, privy, secret (especially about a place)
    Synonyms: dìomhair, prìobhaideach
  4. dismal

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of uaigneach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaigneach n-uaigneach h-uaigneach t-uaigneach

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

Further reading

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