ainbhiosán

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainbhfiosán, ainbhiosachán, ainbhfiosachán

Etymology

From Old Irish ainfisán. By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) +‎ fios (“knowledge”) +‎ -án (noun suffix) or ainbhios (“ignorance”) +‎ -án.

Noun

ainbhiosán m (genitive singular ainbhiosáin, nominative plural ainbhiosáin)

1. ignorant person; ignoramus

Declension

Declension of ainbhiosán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainbhiosán ainbhiosáin vocative a ainbhiosáin a ainbhiosána genitive ainbhiosáin ainbhiosán dative ainbhiosán ainbhiosáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ainbhiosán na hainbhiosáin genitive an ainbhiosáin na n-ainbhiosán dative leis an ainbhiosán don ainbhiosán leis na hainbhiosáin

Related terms

• ainbhiosach (“ignorant; stupid”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbhiosán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainbhiosán	n-ainbhiosán	hainbhiosán	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

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