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, no plural)

bare forms 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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of aiteacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiteacht	n-aiteacht	haiteacht	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

• 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