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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish aindeis (“left; awkward, ungainly; poor, wretched”), from dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”) (modern deas).
Adjective
ainnis (genitive singular masculine ainnis, genitive singular feminine ainnise, plural ainnise, comparative ainnise)
- miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted
- awkward, ungainly
Declension
Derived terms
- ainnise f (“misery; meanness; awkwardness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ainnis
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n-ainnis
|
hainnis
|
not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainnis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aindeis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language