aighneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aignes (“arguing, pleading; argument”), from aigne (“one learned in law or in the practice of law; lawyer, advocate, pleader”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) - Dingle IPA^(key): /ˈai.nʲəsˠ/

Noun

aighneas m (genitive singular aighnis)

1. argument, discussion
2. submission (in argument, lawsuit)
3. talkativeness; talk, chatter
4. address

Declension

Declension of aighneas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aighneas vocative a aighnis genitive aighnis dative aighneas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-aighneas genitive an aighnis dative leis an aighneas don aighneas

Derived terms

• aighneasach, aighneasúil, aighneastúil (“argumentative; talkative”, adjective)
• aighneasacht f (“argumentativeness”)
• aighneasóir m, aighneastóir m (“argumentative person”)
• gearr-aighneas m (“backchat; impudence”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aighneas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aighneas	n-aighneas	haighneas	t-aighneas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aighneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aignes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language