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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

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

Further reading

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