athnuachan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • athnuachain f
  • athnuachaint f
  • athnuachtadh m

Etymology

From athnuaigh +‎ -chan.

Noun

athnuachan f (genitive singular athnuachana)

  1. verbal noun of athnuaigh
  2. renewal
  3. renovation
  4. rejuvenation

Declension

Declension of athnuachan (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative athnuachan
vocative a athnuachan
genitive athnuachana
dative athnuachan
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an athnuachan
genitive na hathnuachana
dative leis an athnuachan
don athnuachan

Mutation

Mutated forms of athnuachan
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athnuachan n-athnuachan hathnuachan not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “athnuachan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “rejuvenation”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “renewal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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