Irish

Noun

áit f ‎(genitive singular áite, nominative plural áiteanna)

1. place, area
   1. position, location
      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        əs køsūl, n̄ax wil ēn ʒinə i n-ēn āc ə cȧx.

        conventional orthography: Is cosúil nach bhfuil aon dhuine in aon áit an teach.

        It seems there’s no one in any place in the house.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        ə ńīnə tū malrəȷ ācə lm?

        conventional orthography: An ndéanfaidh tú malraid áite liom?

        Will you trade places with me?

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        tā n āc šə šḱiŕəx.

        conventional orthography: Tá an áit seo sciorrach.

        This place is slippery.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        tā n āc šin ro xūŋ.

        conventional orthography: Tá an áit sin róchúng.

        That place is too narrow.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        d øln̥ mŭincŕ̥ nə h-ācə šə fuəxt mōr çȧl cenə n ǵīvŕə xuə harń̥.

        conventional orthography: D’fhulaing muintir na háite seo fuacht mór cheal tine an geimhreadh a chuaigh tharainn.

        The people of this place suffered great cold for lack of fire last winter.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        ḱē n āc ə wil fūt ə ʒøl?

        conventional orthography: Cén áit a bhfuil fút a dhul?

        What place are you intending to go to?

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        kȧfə šē ʒøl hŕīȷ n̥ āc šə.

        conventional orthography: Caithfidh sé a dhul thríd an áit seo.

        He has to go through this place.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20:

        tā morān slyncə ənšó, ńīrv ē šə n āc ʒūxəš ō hūs, ax ruəgəv iad ə n-æmšŕ̥ nə ruəgə.

        conventional orthography: Tá mórán sloinnte anseo níorbh é seo a n-áit dhúchais ó thús, ach ruaigeadh iad in aimsir na ruaige.

        There are a lot of surnames here for whom this isn’t their native place originally, but they were expelled at the time of the expulsion.

      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20:

        n̄ā bŭȧnī ȷīv nə h-uəlī, gə ȷī ȷȧgə šib əǵ n̥ āc-šḱī́.^[1]

        conventional orthography: Ná bainigí díbh na hualaí go dtí [go] dteagaidh sibh chuig an áit scíthe.

        Don’t put the loads down until you get to the resting place.

   2. space, room
      • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19:

        tugī ə wȧlə agi hēn iəd šə, ńīl ēn āc ʒōb ən̄šó ńīs faȷə.

        conventional orthography: Tugaigí abhaile agaibh féin iad seo, níl aon áit dhóibh níos faide.

        Bring these things home with you, there’s no more room for them.

2. holding
3. situation, circumstances

Declension

• Alternative plural: áiteacha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

• ionad

Derived terms

Mutation

Notes

1. ↑ On p. 255 the author says to delete ȷī, leaving just gə ȷȧgə; however, in spoken Irish gə ȷī gə ȷȧgə (written go dtí go dteagaidh) would be more likely.

References

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