ainmhín

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainmín (“rough, uneven, harsh, fierce”, adjective). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ mín (“smooth; gentle, courteous”).

Adjective

ainmhín (genitive singular masculine ainmhín, genitive singular feminine ainmhíne, plural ainmhíne, comparative ainmhíne)

1. ungentle; rough

   Synonyms: éadláith, éagaoin, eascaoin, garbh

Declension

Declension of ainmhín

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainmhín	ainmhín	ainmhíne
Vocative	ainmhín		ainmhíne
Genitive		ainmhíne	ainmhíne	ainmhín
Dative	ainmhín	ainmhín	ainmhíne
Comparative	níos ainmhíne
Superlative	is ainmhíne

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainmhín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainmín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language