ainiocht

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ainiocht m (genitive singular ainiochta)

1. cruelty

Declension

Declension of ainiocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ainiocht vocative a ainiocht genitive ainiochta dative ainiocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ainiocht genitive an ainiochta dative leis an ainiocht don ainiocht

Derived terms

• ainiochtach (“cruel”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainiocht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainiocht	n-ainiocht	hainiocht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainiocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN