aineagna

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ainecnae (“foolishness, lack of enlightenment”), from ecnae (“wisdom, knowledge, enlightenment”); synchronically, ain- (negative prefix) +‎ eagna (“wisdom”).

Noun

aineagna f (genitive singular aineagna)

unwisdom

Declension

Declension of aineagna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	aineagna
Vocative	a aineagna
Genitive	aineagna
Dative	aineagna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an aineagna
Genitive	na haineagna
Dative	leis an aineagna don aineagna

Mutation

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

References

"aineagna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“2 ainecnae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.