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)
- argument, discussion
- submission (in argument, lawsuit)
- talkativeness; talk, chatter
- address
Declension
Declension of aighneas
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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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 | |||
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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