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)

1. 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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uainín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uainín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024