ainbhiosán
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ainfisán. By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) + fios (“knowledge”) + -án (noun suffix) or ainbhios (“ignorance”) + -án.
Noun
[edit]ainbhiosán m (genitive singular ainbhiosáin, nominative plural ainbhiosáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ainbhiosán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
[edit]- ainbhiosach (“ignorant; stupid”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainbhiosán | n-ainbhiosán | hainbhiosán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainbhiosán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainfisán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language