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aiféala
aiféala
Irish
Alternative forms
- aiféile
- aithmhéala (superseded)
- aithmhéile (superseded)
Noun
aiféala m (genitive singular aiféala)
- regret, remorse
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:
- ńīl orm̥ ax ȧfēr fȳ n æmšŕ̥, ə tā kȧlc am.
- conventional orthography: Níl orm ach aiféala faoin aimsir atá cailte agam.
- I regret only the time I’ve lost.
- conventional orthography: Níl orm ach aiféala faoin aimsir atá cailte agam.
- ńīl orm̥ ax ȧfēr fȳ n æmšŕ̥, ə tā kȧlc am.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:
- tā ȧfēr rī wōr orm̥, n̄ax vēdĭm n̥ ceŕəvīš šin ə jīnə ʒic.
- conventional orthography: Tá aiféala rímhór orm nach bhféadaim an tseirbhís sin a dhéanamh dhuit.
- I greatly regret that I can’t perform that service for you.
- conventional orthography: Tá aiféala rímhór orm nach bhféadaim an tseirbhís sin a dhéanamh dhuit.
- tā ȧfēr rī wōr orm̥, n̄ax vēdĭm n̥ ceŕəvīš šin ə jīnə ʒic.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:
- shame, shamefacedness
Declension
Declension of aiféala
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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Related terms
- aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aiféala | n-aiféala | haiféala | t-aiféala |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “aithméla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṫṁéala” 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, 256.
- "aiféala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.