airtríteas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English arthritis, from Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”).

Noun

airtríteas m (genitive singular airtrítis)

1. (pathology) arthritis

Declension

Declension of airtríteas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative airtríteas vocative a airtrítis genitive airtrítis dative airtríteas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-airtríteas genitive an airtrítis dative leis an airtríteas don airtríteas

Derived terms

• oisté-airtríteas (“osteoarthritis”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of airtríteas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airtríteas	n-airtríteas	hairtríteas	t-airtríteas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airtríteas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN