luain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúaidid (“moves across, sets in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠuənʲ/

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”)