éist
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish éistid, éitsid (“to listen”), from Old Irish in·túaisi (“to listen”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èist and Manx eaisht.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]éist (present analytic éisteann, future analytic éistfidh, verbal noun éisteacht, past participle éiste)
- (intransitive) listen (le (“to”))
- (transitive) hear
- give formal hearing to
- pay particular attention to
- heed, grant
- (ambitransitive)
Inflection
[edit]conjugation of éist (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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éist | n-éist | héist | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éistid, éitsid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éistim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 286
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Verb
[edit]éist (past dh'éist, future éistidh, verbal noun éisteachd, past participle éiste)
Mutation
[edit]Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- ga:Communication
- ga:Hearing
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic verbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms spelled with É
- Scottish Gaelic terms spelled with ◌́
- Scottish Gaelic superseded forms