Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dímaín.[1] By surface analysis, dí- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dìomhain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dímaín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 55, page 29
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 118, page 45

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