aingiall

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (negative prefix) +‎ ciall (“sense; sanity”).

Noun

aingiall f (genitive singular aingéille)

1. unreason

Declension

Declension of aingiall (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aingiall vocative a aingiall genitive aingéille dative aingiall forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aingiall genitive na haingéille dative leis an aingiall don aingiall

Derived terms

• aingiallta (“irrational; unreasoning, rough, brutish”, adjective)

Noun

aingiall m (genitive singular aingéill, nominative plural aingéill)

1. rough, unreasoning, person

Declension

Declension of aingiall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aingiall aingéill vocative a aingéill a aingialla genitive aingéill aingiall dative aingiall aingéill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aingiall na haingéill genitive an aingéill na n-aingiall dative leis an aingiall don aingiall leis na haingéill

Alternative forms

• ainciall

Mutation

Mutated forms of aingiall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aingiall	n-aingiall	haingiall	t-aingiall

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) “aingiall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN