ainglis

Irish

Etymology

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Compare Manx anglysh, Scottish Gaelic ainglis.

Noun

ainglis f (genitive singular ainglise)

1. goitre
2. (colloquial) wen (cyst on the skin)

Declension

Declension of ainglis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ainglis Vocative a ainglis Genitive ainglise Dative ainglis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ainglis Genitive na hainglise Dative leis an ainglis don ainglis

Derived terms

• aingliseach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainglis	n-ainglis	hainglis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainglis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainglis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainglis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ainglis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024