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aithne
aithne
Irish
Noun
aithne f (genitive singular aithne)
- acquaintance, acquaintanceship (with ar plus the person or thing one is acquainted with)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 24:
- tā æńə agm̥ əŕ.
- conventional orthography: Tá aithne agam air.
- I know him; I am acquainted with him.
- conventional orthography: Tá aithne agam air.
- tā æńə agm̥ əŕ.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 24:
- recognition; act of recognizing
- knowledge
- (characteristic or distinguishing) appearance
- Alternative form of aithint: verbal noun of aithin
Declension
Declension of aithne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aithnigh
- dea-aithne f (“good acquaintanceship”)
- féinaithne f (“self-knowledge”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish aithne (“act of entrusting, commanding”)
Noun
aithne f (genitive singular aithne, nominative plural aitheanta)
Declension
Declension of aithne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithne | n-aithne | haithne | t-aithne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “aithne” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "aithne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 aithne ("entrusting")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 aithne ("knowing")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaθʲnʲe/
Noun
aithne n
- verbal noun of ad·noí
- an act of entrusting, handing over; the thing entrusted
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66a26
- a n-aithne glosses depositum
- c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66a26
- an act of commanding; a command, order
- (biblical) a commandment, a Commandment
Inflection
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aithne | unchanged | n-aithne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 aithne ("entrusting")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aithgne (“knowing, recognition”).
Noun
aithne f (genitive singular aithne)
Derived terms
Terms derived from aithne
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Mutation
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithne | n-aithne | h-aithne | t-aithne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “2 aithne ("knowing")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.