ainiontach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

ainiontach (genitive singular masculine ainiontaigh, genitive singular feminine ainiontaí, plural ainiontacha, comparative ainiontaí)

1. conceited

   Synonyms: anbharúlach, postúil

Declension

Declension of ainiontach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainiontach	ainiontach	ainiontacha
vocative	ainiontaigh		ainiontacha
genitive		ainiontaí	ainiontacha	ainiontach
dative	ainiontach	ainiontach; ainiontaigh (archaic)	ainiontacha
Comparative	níos ainiontaí
Superlative	is ainiontaí

Related terms

• ainionadh m (“conceit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainiontach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainiontach	n-ainiontach	hainiontach	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) “ainiontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN