ainnir

• ainnear

From Old Irish ainder (“non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden”), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæn̠ʲəɾˠ/ (corresponding to alternative form ainnear)

ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, nominative plural ainnireacha)

1. (poetic) girl, maiden, lass; young woman

   Synonyms: bruinneall, cailín óg, ógbhean

2. attractive woman

   Synonyms: bé, bruinneall, spéirbhean, spéirbhruinneall

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainnir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ainnir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 14
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25

• aindear
• ainnear

From Old Irish ainder (“non-virgin, married woman; virgin, maiden”), from Proto-Celtic *anderā.

ainnir f (genitive singular ainnire, plural ainnirean)

1. maiden, virgin, young woman

   Synonyms: cailin, gruagach, maighdeann, nighean, òigh, rìbhinn

2. nymph
3. marriageable woman

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainnir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainder”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language