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aithris

aithris

Irish

Noun

aithris f (genitive as verbal noun aithriste, genitive as substantive aithrise)

  1. verbal noun of aithris
  2. narration
  3. imitation
  4. mimicry
Declension
Verbal noun
Substantive

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithrisid (repeats, tells; imitates), from aithris f.

Verb

aithris (present analytic aithrisíonn, future analytic aithriseoidh, verbal noun aithris, past participle aithriste)

  1. narrate, recite
  2. imitate
  3. mimic, mock
Conjugation
Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithris (act of telling, relating; relation, account; act of imitating, copying; imitation; example).

Verb

aithris (past dh'aithris, future aithrisidh, verbal noun aithris, past participle aithriste)

  1. report, relate, recite, allege, repeat
  2. narrate, enunciate, rehearse
  3. quote, tell
  4. imitate

Derived terms

Noun

aithris f (genitive singular aithrise, plural aithrisean)

  1. verbal noun of aithris
  2. report, allegation, narration, narrative
  3. recitation, rehearsal, recital
  4. report, statement
  5. imitation
  6. tradition, tale

Derived terms

References

  • aithris” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9