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aithiseach
aithiseach
Irish
Adjective
aithiseach (genitive singular masculine aithisigh, genitive singular feminine aithisí, plural aithiseacha, comparative aithisí)
Declension
Declension of aithis
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aithis | aithis¹ | aithisa³ | |
| Vocative | ea¹ | aithis¹ | aithisa | |
| Genitive | ea¹ | eae | aithisa | aithis |
| Dative | aithis² | aithis¹; (archaic) ea¹ |
aithisa³ | |
| Comparative | eae | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- dia-aithiseach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithiseach | n-aithiseach | haithiseach | t-aithiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “aithisech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṫiseaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 21.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 256.
- "aithiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.