Irish

Alternative forms

• aistir
• astar

Noun

aistear m, f ‎(genitive singular aistir or aistire, nominative plural aistir or aistreacha)

1. journey
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:

     sl̄ān lȧt, gə n-aiŕī t-æšcŕ̥ lȧt!

     conventional orthography: Slán leat, go n-éirí t’aistir leat!

     Goodbye, may your journey be successful!

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:

     ḱē n mĭȧs tā agət eŕ mə xomrādə æšcŕ̥ə [oder šūl]?

     conventional orthography: Cén meas atá agat ar mo chomráda aistire [or siúil]?

     What do you think of my traveling companion?

2. roundabout way; inconvenience

Declension

As masculine noun

• Alternative plural: aistreacha

As feminine noun

Derived terms

• aistreach ‎(“journeying, roving; restless, unsettled; out of the way, inconvenient; transitive”, adjective)
• aistreán m ‎(“out-of-the-way place; inconvenience”)

Mutation

References

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