ainnir

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ainder (“non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden”), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

Pronunciation

Noun

ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, nominative plural ainnireacha)

  1. (poetic) girl, maiden, lass; young woman
    Synonyms: bruinneall, cailín óg, ógbhean
  2. attractive woman
    Synonyms: bé, bruinneall, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall

Declension

Declension of ainnir (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ainnir ainnireacha
vocative a ainnir a ainnireacha
genitive ainnire ainnireacha
dative ainnir ainnireacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ainnir na hainnireacha
genitive na hainnire na n-ainnireacha
dative leis an ainnir
don ainnir 		leis na hainnireacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainnir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainnir n-ainnir hainnir 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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ainder (“non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden”), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

Noun

ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, plural ainnirean)

  1. maiden, virgin, young woman
    Synonyms: cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn
  2. nymph
  3. marriageable woman

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainnir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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