aineagna

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainecnae (“foolishness, lack of enlightenment”), from ecnae (“wisdom, knowledge, enlightenment”). By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) +‎ eagna (“wisdom”).

Noun

aineagna f (genitive singular aineagna)

unwisdom

Declension

Declension of aineagna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	aineagna
Vocative	a aineagna
Genitive	aineagna
Dative	aineagna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an aineagna
Genitive	na haineagna
Dative	leis an aineagna don aineagna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aineagna	n-aineagna	haineagna	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) “aineagna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ainecnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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