anaiste

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

anaiste f (genitive singular anaiste)

1. bad condition
2. ill-treatment

Declension

Declension of anaiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anaiste Vocative a anaiste Genitive anaiste Dative anaiste

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an anaiste Genitive na hanaiste Dative leis an anaiste don anaiste

Derived terms

• ar anaiste (“gratis”)
• le hanaiste (“prodigally”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anaiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN