èist

See also: eist and éist

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish éistid, éitsid (“listens, hearkens, attends”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːʃd̥ʲ/

Verb

èist (past dh'èist, future èistidh, verbal noun èisteachd, past participle èiste)

  1. listen, hear, hark, harken

References
  • 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
  • “éistid, éitsid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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