ainle

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainleog

Etymology

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Noun

ainle f (genitive singular ainle, nominative plural ainlí)

1. cross, peevish, person
2. querulous child, crybaby

Declension

Declension of ainle (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainle ainlí vocative a ainle a ainlí genitive ainle ainlí dative ainle ainlí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ainle na hainlí genitive na hainle na n-ainlí dative leis an ainle don ainle leis na hainlí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainle

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

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish aingel, from Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

ainle (plural ainleyn)

1. angel

   Ainle yn Dorraghys

   Prince of Darkness

   Ainle yn Recortys

   Recording Angel

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aingel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language