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)

miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted
awkward, ungainly

Declension

Declension of ainnis

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	ainnis	ainnis	ainnise
Vocative	ainnis	ainnis	ainnise
Genitive	ainnis	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

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

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