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

Positive	singular		plural
	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