ainneoin
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish aindeóin (“unwillingness”) (from an- (“un-”) + deóin (“willingness”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈnʲoːnʲ/, [əˈnʲõːi̯nʲ]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈan̠ʲoːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈan̠ʲɔnʲ/
Noun
editainneoin
- only used as a preposition and in certain phrases; see Derived terms below
Preposition
editainneoin (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aindeóin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aimhdheoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 11
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainneoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19