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ainneart

Irish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ainneart m (genitive singular ainnirt)

  1. overweening strength, violence, oppression

Declension

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Declension of ainneart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainneart n-ainneart hainneart t-ainneart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ainneart m (genitive singular ainneirt, no plural)

  1. violence
  2. oppression

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainneart n-ainneart h-ainneart t-ainneart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • 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
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