ainnir

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ainder (non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, nominative plural ainnireacha)

  1. (poetic) girl, maiden, lass; young woman
    Synonyms: bruinneall, cailín óg, ógbhean
  2. attractive woman
    Synonyms: , bruinneall, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainnir n-ainnir hainnir not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ainder (non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

Noun

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ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, plural ainnirean)

  1. maiden, virgin, young woman
    Synonyms: cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn
  2. nymph
  3. marriageable woman

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainnir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language