ainneart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainnert (“great strength, violence”), from nert (“strength, might, power”); synchronically, ain- +‎ neart.

Noun

ainneart m (genitive singular ainnirt)

  1. overweening strength, violence, oppression

Declension
Declension of ainneart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ainneart
Vocative a ainnirt
Genitive ainnirt
Dative ainneart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ainneart
Genitive an ainnirt
Dative leis an ainneart

don ainneart

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ainneart n-ainneart hainneart t-ainneart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ainnert (“great strength, violence”), from nert (“strength, might, power”); synchronically, ain- +‎ neart.

Noun

ainneart m (genitive singular ainneirt, no plural)

  1. violence
  2. oppression

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ainnert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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