aingiall

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (negative prefix) +‎ ciall (“sense; sanity”).

Noun

aingiall f (genitive singular aingéille)

1. unreason

Declension

Declension of aingiall

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aingiall Vocative a aingiall Genitive aingéille Dative aingiall

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aingiall Genitive na haingéille Dative leis an aingiall don aingiall

Derived terms

• aingiallta (“irrational; unreasoning, rough, brutish”, adjective)

Noun

aingiall m (genitive singular aingéill, nominative plural aingéill)

1. rough, unreasoning, person

Declension

Declension of aingiall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aingiall aingéill Vocative a aingéill a aingialla Genitive aingéill aingiall Dative aingiall aingéill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aingiall na haingéill Genitive an aingéill na n-aingiall Dative leis an aingiall don aingiall leis na haingéill

Alternative forms

• ainciall

Mutation

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

Further reading

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