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)

(ambitransitive) kindle
(ambitransitive) inflame
(ambitransitive, of an internal combustion engine) ignite
(~ ar) grate on

Conjugation

Conjugation of *adhain* (first conjugation – B)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	adhnaim	adhnann tú; adhnair^†	adhnann sé, sí	adhnaimid; adhnann muid	adhnann sibh	adhnann siad; adhnaid^†	a adhnann; a adhnas	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	adhnadh; hadhnadh^†
past habitual	d'adhnainn / adhnainn^‡	d'adhainteá / adhainteá^‡	d'adhnadh sé, sí / adhnadh sé, sí^‡	d'adhnaimis; d'adhnadh muid / adhnadh muid^‡	d'adhnadh sibh / adhnadh sibh^‡	d'adhnaidís; d'adhnadh siad / adhnaidís^‡; adhnadh siad^‡	a d'adhnadh	d'adhaintí / adhaintí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	adhanfaidh mé; adhanfad	adhanfaidh tú; adhanfair^†	adhanfaidh sé, sí	adhanfaimid; adhanfaidh muid	adhanfaidh sibh	adhanfaidh siad; adhanfaid^†	a adhanfaidh; a adhanfas	adhanfar
conditional	d'adhanfainn / adhanfainn^‡	d'adhanfá / adhanfá^‡	d'adhanfadh sé, sí / adhanfadh sé, sí^‡	d'adhanfaimis; d'adhanfadh muid / adhanfaimis^‡; adhanfadh muid^‡	d'adhanfadh sibh / adhanfadh sibh^‡	d'adhanfaidís; d'adhanfadh siad / adhanfaidís^‡; adhanfadh siad^‡	a d'adhanfadh	d'adhanfaí / adhanfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	adhnaim	adhain	adhnadh sé, sí	adhnaimis	adhnaigí; adhnaidh^†	adhnaidís	—	adhaintear

past participle	adhainte

verbal noun	adhaint

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

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)

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.