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)