ainteann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aintenn (“arrogant”), from tend (“strong, firm, hard, severe, vigorous”).

Adjective

ainteann (genitive singular masculine ainteann, genitive singular feminine ainteinne, plural ainteanna, comparative ainteinne)

1. overweening, arrogant

Declension

Declension of ainteann

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• anuallach, sotalach
• (overweening): ládasach, leitheadach, mórchúiseach, mórtasach
• (arrogant): anuaibhreach, béalteann, borrach, díomasach, dí-umhal, foruallach, iarlaitheach, iomarcach, mustrach, teaspúil, tóstalach, uaibhreach

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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