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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of ainglis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainglis	n-ainglis	hainglis	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) “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