TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ainnise. 1. f. (gs. ~).(a) Misery; meanness. Gorta agus ~, hunger and want. Níor cailleadh riamh le h~ é, he was never mean. Mac na h~, skinflint. Srathair na h~, the yoke of poverty, misery. S.a. bráca12, cíos 2. (b) Awkwardness. 2. gsf., npl. & comp. of ainnis. (Var. of 1:~acht f, ainnisíocht f)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Faoi bhráca na hainnise, tormented by hardship.
~ na hainnise, (prison) garnish.
~ na hainnise, na déirce, na mire, miserly, beggarly, mad, fellow.
~ an anró, na hainnise, look of hardship, of misery.
Thug sé ~ na hainnise dó féin, he gave himself a lick and a promise.
~ na hainnise, the school of adversity.
~ na hainnise, the yoke of misfortune.