aiteacht

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aittecht (“act of returning”), from aith- (“re-”) + techt (“coming”). By surface analysis, ath- +‎ teacht.

Noun

aiteacht m (genitive singular aiteachta)

1. (act of) returning

Declension

Declension of aiteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiteacht Vocative a aiteacht Genitive aiteachta Dative aiteacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aiteacht Genitive an aiteachta Dative leis an aiteacht don aiteacht

Etymology 2

From ait (“comical, queer”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

aiteacht f (genitive singular aiteachta)

1. queerness, oddness

Declension

Declension of aiteacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative aiteacht Vocative a aiteacht Genitive aiteachta Dative aiteacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an aiteacht Genitive na haiteachta Dative leis an aiteacht don aiteacht

Synonyms

• greannmhaireacht
• suaithníocht
• (queerness): aisteachas, aistiúlacht, aiteas

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiteacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language