Irish

Alternative forms

• aisdeach (obsolete)
• aistíoch
• aistiúil

Adjective

aisteach ‎(genitive singular masculine aistigh, genitive singular feminine aistí, plural aisteacha, comparative aistí)

1. peculiar, queer, strange, unusual; wonderful, surprising
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:

     n̄ax æšcəx ə šḱēl ē?

     conventional orthography: Nach aisteach an scéal é?

     Isn’t that a strange story?

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:

     tā šē rī æšcəx gə mĭøx n̥ ȷīnēr xō ȷeŕnəx.

     conventional orthography: Tá sé rí-aisteach go mbeadh an dinnéar chomh deireanach.

     It’s very strange that dinner would be so late.

2. droll

Declension

Derived terms

• aisteachas m, aisteacht f ‎(“queerness; drollery”)

Mutation

References

• “aistech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aisteaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "aisteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.