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aite

aite

Irish

Adjective

aite

inflection of ait:
1. genitive feminine singular
2. nominative and vocative and dative and strong genitive plural
comparative degree of ait

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aite	n-aite	haite	t-aite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Japanese

Romanization

aite

rōmaji reading of あいて

Old Irish

Alternative forms

aitte

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *átta ‎(“father”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈadʲe/

Noun

aite m ‎(genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

Declension

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aite	aite^L	aiti^L
Vocative	aiti	aite^L	aitiu
Accusative	aite^N	aite^L	aitiu
Genitive	aiti^L	aite	aite^N
Dative	aitiu^L	aitib	aitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: oide
Manx: gedjey
Scottish Gaelic: oide

See also

muimme

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aite	unchanged	n-aite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 aite” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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