abstaine

Irish

Noun

abstaine f (genitive singular abstaine)

1. (literary) Alternative form of abstanaid (“abstinence”)

Declension

Declension of abstaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative abstaine Vocative a abstaine Genitive abstaine Dative abstaine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an abstaine Genitive na habstaine Dative leis an abstaine don abstaine

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abstanaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN