díomhaoin

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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.

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