ruainne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rúainne, róinne, singulative of rón (“horsehair”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuən̠ʲə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠuːn̠ʲə/

Noun

ruainne m (genitive singular ruainne, nominative plural ruainní)

  1. a (single) hair
  2. (figuratively) fibre, thread; shred, scraps, fragment, bit, jot
    ruainne tobac ― a small piece of tobacco

Declension

Declension of ruainne (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ruainne ruainní
vocative a ruainne a ruainní
genitive ruainne ruainní
dative ruainne ruainní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ruainne na ruainní
genitive an ruainne na ruainní
dative leis an ruainne
don ruainne 		leis na ruainní

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúainne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “róinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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