luain

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

luain f (genitive singular luaine)

  1. movement
  2. vigorous exertion, hard work

Declension
Declension of luain

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative luain
Vocative a luain
Genitive luaine
Dative luain

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an luain
Genitive na luaine
Dative leis an luain

don luain

Derived terms
  • luaineach (“fast-moving, nimble; restless, unsteady; changeable, vacillating, inconstant; volatile”)
  • luaineacht (“mobility, nimbleness; restlessness; changeableness, vacillation, inconstancy, fluctuation; volatility”)
  • luainigh (“to move quickly, nimbly; to move unsteadily, vary, change; to fluctuate; to hunt; to precess; to weathervane”)
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