ainneart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainnert (“great strength, violence”), from nert (“strength, might, power”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ neart.

Noun

ainneart m (genitive singular ainnirt)

1. overweening strength, violence, oppression

Declension

Declension of ainneart (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ainneart vocative a ainnirt genitive ainnirt dative ainneart forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ainneart genitive an ainnirt dative leis an ainneart don ainneart

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainneart

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainneart	n-ainneart	hainneart	t-ainneart

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) “ainneart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainnert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aimhneart, aineart

Etymology

From Old Irish ainnert (“great strength, violence”), from nert (“strength, might, power”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ neart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɲəɾʃt̪/

Noun

ainneart m (genitive singular ainneirt, no plural)

1. violence
2. oppression

Derived terms

• ainneartach (“violent; oppressive; overbearing”, adjective)
• ainneartaich (“oppress; gripe, ransack”, verb)
• ainneartair m (“griper; oppressor”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of ainneart

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainneart	n-ainneart	h-ainneart	t-ainneart

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainneart”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainnert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language