aitire

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Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally, being between, or more loosely translated as one who stands between.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aitire f (genitive aitire)

  1. (law) hostage suretyship
    Dotéit aitire ar ḟer feras in fuil.
    He goes surety for the man who inflicts the wound.
  2. (law) hostage surety who guarantees the performance of an obligation with themselves (as opposed to a ráth, who guarantees it with their property); guarantor
  3. hostage

Usage notes

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In later Middle Irish, sense 2 came to be used as masculine.

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aitire unchanged n-aitire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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