ainnis

Irish

Alternative forms

• aindeis
• ainniseach

Etymology

From Old Irish aindeis (“left; awkward, ungainly; poor, wretched”), from dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”) (modern deas).

Adjective

ainnis (genitive singular masculine ainnis, genitive singular feminine ainnise, plural ainnise, comparative ainnise)

1. miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted
2. awkward, ungainly

Declension

Declension of ainnis

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainnis	ainnis	ainnise
vocative	ainnis		ainnise
genitive		ainnise	ainnise	ainnis
dative	ainnis	ainnis	ainnise
Comparative	níos ainnise
Superlative	is ainnise

Derived terms

• ainniseoir m (“miserable, mean, person”)

Related terms

• ainnise f (“misery; meanness; awkwardness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainnis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainnis	n-ainnis	hainnis	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) “ainnis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aindeis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language