ainchíos

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“over-, excessive, intense”) +‎ cíos (“rent”).

Noun

ainchíos m (genitive singular ainchíosa, nominative plural ainchíosanna)

1. rack-rent

Declension

Declension of ainchíos (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainchíos ainchíosanna vocative a ainchíos a ainchíosanna genitive ainchíosa ainchíosanna dative ainchíos ainchíosanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ainchíos na hainchíosanna genitive an ainchíosa na n-ainchíosanna dative leis an ainchíos don ainchíos leis na hainchíosanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainchíos

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainchíos	n-ainchíos	hainchíos	t-ainchíos

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainchíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN