adhnua

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish adnúa (“very new, very fresh”), from ad- +‎ núa.

Pronunciation

  • (Cork) IPA(key): /əiˈn̪ˠoː/[1]

Noun

adhnua m (genitive singular adhnua)

  1. novelty

Declension

Declension of adhnua (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative adhnua
vocative a adhnua
genitive adhnua
dative adhnua
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-adhnua
genitive an adhnua
dative leis an adhnua
don adhnua

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhnua
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnua n-adhnua hadhnua 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. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 27; reprinted 1988

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