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aithin

aithin

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.
    A beetle recognizes another beetle.
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
Derived terms
  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (commits for preservation, delivers to, deposits with; entrusts to, commits to the care of, commends to; commends, prescribes (a course of action); orders, commands), from aithne.

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
Conjugation

Mutation

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

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