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)

  1. unwisdom

Declension

Declension of aineagna (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aineagna
vocative a aineagna
genitive aineagna
dative aineagna
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aineagna
genitive na haineagna
dative leis an aineagna
don aineagna

Mutation

Mutated forms of aineagna
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aineagna n-aineagna haineagna not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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