aithin

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (to know, recognise),[2] from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.

Verb

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aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)
    It takes one to know one.
    (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
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Derived terms
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  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (deliver to, commend, command), from aithne.

Verb

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aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithin n-aithin haithin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aithnid (‘knows, recognises’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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