Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dí- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dìomhain.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

díomhaoin (genitive singular feminine díomhaoine, plural díomhaoine, comparative díomhaoine)

  1. unoccupied (not employed on a task), idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment), unemployed
  2. unmarried, unattached, single (not married nor dating)
  3. fallow (inactive, undeveloped)
  4. vain, useless, fruitless
  5. waste, empty

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díomhaoin dhíomhaoin ndíomhaoin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit