aighneas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aignes (“arguing, pleading; argument”), from aigne (“one learned in law or in the practice of law; lawyer, advocate, pleader”).

Noun

aighneas m (genitive singular aighnis)

1. argument, discussion
2. submission (in argument, lawsuit)
3. talkativeness; talk, chatter
4. address

Declension

Declension of aighneas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aighneas Vocative a aighnis Genitive aighnis Dative aighneas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aighneas Genitive an aighnis Dative leis an aighneas don aighneas

Derived terms

• aighneasach, aighneasúil, aighneastúil (“argumentative; talkative”, adjective)
• aighneasacht f (“argumentativeness”)
• aighneasóir m, aighneastóir m (“argumentative person”)
• gearr-aighneas m (“backchat; impudence”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aighneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aignes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language