anaoibhneas

Irish

Etymology

From an- (negative prefix) +‎ aoibhneas (“bliss, delight”) or anaoibhinn (“joyless, unhappy”) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

anaoibhneas m (genitive singular anaoibhnis)

1. unhappiness

Declension

Declension of anaoibhneas (first declension, no plural)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of anaoibhneas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anaoibhneas	n-anaoibhneas	hanaoibhneas	t-anaoibhneas

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) “anaoibhneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN