aoine

See also: Aoine

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”) (originally as an ascetic practice, as opposed to troscad (“coercive fasting”)), from Latin ieiūnium (“fast”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːnʲə/

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, nominative plural aointe)

(archaic) fast, fasting (period of abstaining from food or drink); shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want
Synonym: troscadh
(archaic) abstinence

Declension

Declension of aoine

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aoine	aointe
Vocative	a aoine	a aointe
Genitive	aoine	aointe
Dative	aoine	aointe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an aoine	na haointe
Genitive	na haoine	na n-aointe
Dative	leis an aoine don aoine	leis na haointe

Alternative forms

(fast, fasting; shortage, deficiency; scarcity, want): aoineadh

Derived terms

Aoine f (“Friday”)

Mutation

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aín, aíne (“fast, period of fasting”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɯːɲə/

Noun

aoine f (genitive singular aoine, plural aoine)

fast, fast day
diet
O aoine gu anmhainn. ― Too much dieting is a bad thing.
Alternative form of Dihaoine.

Related terms

aoinich (“fall on a Friday”, verb)
Rìgh nan Trì Aoineachan (“The Lord”)

Mutation

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