aithis

See also: áithis and aiþis

Irish

Alternative forms

• athais

Etymology

From Old Irish aithis (“reproach; disgrace”), from Proto-Celtic *ati-wissus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti (“beyond”) + *weyd- (“to see, know”). Comparable to Proto-Germanic *idiwītą (“disgrace, shame, disdain”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑhəʃ/, /ˈahəʃ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæhəʃ/

Noun

aithis f (genitive singular aithise, nominative plural aithisí)

1. slur, reproach
2. shame, disgrace
3. (uncountable) sarcasm
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:

     əs bĭøg mə jŕān əŕ ə dinə šin, mar tā šē l̄ān g æhəš.

     [Is beag mo ghreann ar an duine sin, mar atá sé lán d’aithis.]

     I have little love for that person, because he’s full of sarcasm.

Declension

Declension of aithis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aithis aithisí vocative a aithis a aithisí genitive aithise aithisí dative aithis aithisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aithis na haithisí genitive na haithise na n-aithisí dative leis an aithis don aithis leis na haithisí

Derived terms

• aithiseach (“defamatory; shameful”, adjective)
• aithisigh (“slur, defame”, transitive verb)
• dia-aithis f (“blasphemy”)
• naomhaithis f (“profanity, blasphemy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aithis	n-aithis	haithis	not applicable

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) “aithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 21