uaine

• IPA^(key): /ˈuənʲə/
• (Munster, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛnʲə/^[1]

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”),^[2] from possible Proto-Celtic *udnios, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

uaine

1. green (of painted or dyed items; of bright or light-coloured items)

   Synonym: glas

• uaithne (superseded)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

uaine

1. genitive singular of uain

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uaine”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uaine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

From Old Irish úaine, úanne (“green, verdant”), from possible Proto-Celtic *utnio-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈuəɲə/

uaine (comparative uaine)

1. green (bright, vivid; artificial, unnatural; as opposed to gorm, the natural green of grass)
2. green (environmentally friendly)

• cìs uaine

• gorm

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uaine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “uaine”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[3], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language