ainnis

== Irish == === Alternative forms === aindeis ainniseach === Etymology === From Old Irish aindeis (“left; awkward, ungainly; poor, wretched”), from dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”) (modern deas). === Adjective === ainnis (genitive singular masculine ainnis, genitive singular feminine ainnise, plural ainnise, comparative ainnise) miserable; mean; wretched, afflicted awkward, ungainly ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ainniseoir m (“miserable, mean, person”) ==== Related terms ==== ainnise f (“misery; meanness; awkwardness”) === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ainnis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aindeis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language