aiséirí

Irish

An tAiséirí

Alternative forms

• aiséirghe (superseded)
• eiséirghe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish eséirge, esséirge. By surface analysis, ais- +‎ éirí.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃˌaiɾʲə/

Noun

aiséirí m (genitive singular as substantive aiséirí, genitive as verbal noun aiséirithe)

1. (Christianity) resurrection
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:

     ḱŕeȷĭm ə n-æš-aiŕə nə gorp.

     [Creidim in aiséirí na gcorp.]

     I believe in the resurrection of the body

     (literally, “of the bodies”)

2. verbal noun of aiséirigh (“to resurrect”)

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of aiséirí (fourth declension, no plural)

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

As a verbal noun:

Declension of aiséirí (third declension, no plural)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiséirí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiséirí	n-aiséirí	haiséirí	t-aiséirí

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ais-éirġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 18
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiséirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN