uaine

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”),[3] from possible Proto-Celtic *udnios, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

Adjective

uaine

  1. green (of painted or dyed items; of bright or light-coloured items)
    Synonym: glas
Declension
Declension of uaine
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of uaine
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaine n-uaine huaine 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, section 92, page 26; reprinted 1988
  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, § 55, page 29
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uaine”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uaine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “uaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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

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

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

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]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uaine”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[3], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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