ainteann
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish aintenn (“arrogant”), from tend (“strong, firm, hard, severe, vigorous”).
Adjective
editainteann (genitive singular masculine ainteann, genitive singular feminine ainteinne, plural ainteanna, comparative ainteinne)
Declension
editDeclension of ainteann
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ainteann | ainteann | ainteanna; ainteanna² | |
Vocative | ainteann | ainteanna | ||
Genitive | ainteinne | ainteanna | ainteann | |
Dative | ainteann; ainteann¹ |
ainteann | ainteanna; ainteanna² | |
Comparative | níos ainteinne | |||
Superlative | is ainteinne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
edit- anuallach, sotalach
- (overweening): ládasach, leitheadach, mórchúiseach, mórtasach
- (arrogant): anuaibhreach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainteann | n-ainteann | hainteann | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainteann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aintenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language