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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aindeise (“wretchedness, misery”), from aindeis (compare modern ainnis).
Noun
ainnise f (genitive singular ainnise)
- misery; meanness
- awkwardness
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
ainnise
- inflection of ainnis (“strange, unfamiliar; apart”):
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ainnise
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n-ainnise
|
hainnise
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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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Further reading
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainnise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aindeise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language