adhain
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
adhaintigh
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish ad·annai (“kindles, lights; stirs up, incites; sets going, begins”).
=== Verb ===
adhain (present analytic adhnann, future analytic adhanfaidh, verbal noun adhaint, past participle adhainte)
(ambitransitive) kindle
(ambitransitive) inflame
(ambitransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
(~ ar) grate on
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Noun ===
adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)
alternative form of adhaint
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·annai”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“adhain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026