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ainbhios

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ainfis m, ainbhes m (ignorance).[1] By surface analysis, ain- +‎ fios (knowledge).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ainbhios m (genitive singular ainbheasa)

  1. ignorance

Declension

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Declension of ainbhios (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ainbhios
vocative a ainbhios
genitive ainbheasa
dative ainbhios
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-ainbhios
genitive an ainbheasa
dative leis an ainbhios
don ainbhios

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ainbhios
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainbhios n-ainbhios hainbhios not applicable

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainfis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 325, page 113

Further reading

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