uaine

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”), from possible Proto-Celtic *udnios, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

Adjective

uaine

  1. green (of painted or dyed items; of bright or lightly-coloured items)
    Synonym: glas
Declension
Declension of uaine
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative uaine uaine uaine
Vocative uaine uaine
Genitive uaine uaine uaine
Dative uaine uaine uaine
Comparative níos uaine
Superlative is uaine
Alternative forms
See also
Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

uaine

  1. genitive singular of uain

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

Further reading

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”), from possible Proto-Celtic *utnio-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuəɲə/

Adjective

uaine (comparative uaine)

  1. green (bright, vivid; artificial, unnatural; as opposed to gorm, the natural green of grass)
  2. green (environmentally friendly)

Derived terms

See also

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uainen-uaineh-uainet-uaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “uaine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uaine”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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