aithneachadh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- aithneachdan (Sutherland)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈãˈɲãxəɣ/, /ˈãɲəxəɣ/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈaɲəxəɣ/[2]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈɛɲʌxəɣ][3]
Noun
[edit]aithneachadh m (genitive singular aithneachaidh, no plural)
- verbal noun of aithnich (“know, recognise; feel; discern, perceive; have sexual intercourse”)
- knowing, recognition, discerning, identification
- what is discernible
- slight degree
Derived terms
[edit]- do-aithneachadh (“not easily known”, adjective)
- so-aithneachadh (“easily recognised”, adjective)
- roimh-aithneachadh m (“foreknowing; act of foreknowing, anticipation”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 110
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap