aithiseach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish aithisech. By surface analysis, aithis (“reproach; shame, disgrace; sarcasm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aithiseach (genitive singular masculine aithisigh, genitive singular feminine aithisí, plural aithiseacha, comparative aithisí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aithiseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aithiseach | aithiseach | aithiseacha | |
Vocative | aithisigh | aithiseacha | ||
Genitive | aithisí | aithiseacha | aithiseach | |
Dative | aithiseach | aithiseach; aithisigh (archaic) |
aithiseacha | |
Comparative | níos aithisí | |||
Superlative | is aithisí |
Derived terms
[edit]- dia-aithiseach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aithiseach | n-aithiseach | haithiseach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫiseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 256