adhain

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)

1. (ambitransitive) kindle
2. (ambitransitive) inflame
3. (ambitransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
4. (~ ar) grate on

Conjugation

conjugation of adhain (first conjugation – B)

verbal noun	adhaint
past participle	adhainte
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	adhnaim	adhnann tú; adhnair†	adhnann sé, sí	adhnaimid	adhnann sibh	adhnann siad; adhnaid†	a adhnann; a adhnas / a n-adhnann*	adhaintear
past	d'adhain mé; d'adhnas / adhain mé‡; adhnas‡	d'adhain tú; d'adhnais / adhain tú‡; adhnais‡	d'adhain sé, sí / adhain sé, sí‡	d'adhnamar; d'adhain muid / adhnamar‡; adhain muid‡	d'adhain sibh; d'adhnabhair / adhain sibh‡; adhnabhair‡	d'adhain siad; d'adhnadar / adhain siad; adhnadar‡	a d'adhain / ar adhain*	adhnadh; hadhnadh†
past habitual	d'adhnainn / adhnainn‡; n-adhnainn‡‡	d'adhainteá / adhainteá‡; n-adhainteᇇ	d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí‡; n-adhnadh sé, s퇇	d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnaimis‡; adhnadh muid‡; n-adhnaimis‡‡; n-adhnadh muid‡‡	d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh‡; n-adhnadh sibh‡‡	d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís‡; adhnadh siad‡; n-adhnaidís‡‡; n-adhnadh siad‡‡	a d'adhnadh / a n-adhnadh*	d'adhaintí / adhaintí‡; n-adhaint퇇
future	adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad	adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair†	adhanfaidh sé, sí	adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid	adhanfaidh sibh	adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid†	a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas / a n-adhanfaidh*	adhanfar
conditional	d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn‡; n-adhanfainn‡‡	d'adhanfá / adhanfá‡; n-adhanfᇇ	d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí‡; n-adhanfadh sé, s퇇	d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis‡; adhanfadh muid‡; n-adhanfaimis‡‡; n-adhanfadh muid‡‡	d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh‡; n-adhanfadh sibh‡‡	d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís‡; adhanfadh siad‡; n-adhanfaidís‡‡; n-adhanfadh siad‡‡	a d'adhanfadh / a n-adhanfadh*	d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí‡; n-adhanfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go n-adhna mé; go n-adhnad†	go n-adhna tú; go n-adhnair†	go n-adhna sé, sí	go n-adhnaimid; go n-adhna muid	go n-adhna sibh	go n-adhna siad; go n-adhnaid†	—	go n-adhaintear
past	dá n-adhnainn	dá n-adhainteá	dá n-adhnadh sé, sí	dá n-adhnaimis; dá n-adhnadh muid	dá n-adhnadh sibh	dá n-adhnaidís; dá n-adhnadh siad	—	dá n-adhaintí
imperative
–	adhnaim	adhain	adhnadh sé, sí	adhnaimis	adhnaigí; adhnaidh†	adhnaidís	—	adhaintear

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Derived terms

• adhainteoir m (“igniter”)
• adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”, adjective)
• adhantaí m (“fire-lighter”)
• athadhain (“rekindle”, transitive verb)
• inadhainte (“ignitable”, adjective)
• ola-adhainte (“oil-fired”, adjective)
• so-adhainte (“ignitable, inflammable”, adjective)

Noun

adhain f (genitive singular adhaine)

1. alternative form of adhaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhain

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhain	n-adhain	hadhain	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013–2025