uainín

Irish

Etymology

uan (“lamb”) +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /uəˈnʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈuənʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈuənʲinʲ/

Noun

uainín m (genitive singular uainín, nominative plural uainíní)

Diminutive of uan (“lamb”): little lamb, lambkin, baa-lamb

Declension

Declension of uainín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uainín	uainíní
Vocative	a uainín	a uainíní
Genitive	uainín	uainíní
Dative	uainín	uainíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-uainín	na huainíní
Genitive	an uainín	na n-uainíní
Dative	leis an uainín don uainín	leis na huainíní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uainín	n-uainín	huainín	t-uainín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“uainín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “úainín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uainín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 770
Entries containing “uainín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “uainín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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