aisteach
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈæʃtʲəx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲəx/
Adjective
aisteach (genitive singular masculine aistigh, genitive singular feminine aistí, plural aisteacha, comparative aistí)
- peculiar, queer, strange, unusual; wonderful, surprising
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:
- n̄ax æšcəx ə šḱēl ē?
- conventional orthography: Nach aisteach an scéal é?
- Isn’t that a strange story?
- conventional orthography: Nach aisteach an scéal é?
- n̄ax æšcəx ə šḱēl ē?
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:
- tā šē rī æšcəx gə mĭøx n̥ ȷīnēr xō ȷeŕnəx.
- conventional orthography: Tá sé rí-aisteach go mbeadh an dinnéar chomh deireanach.
- It’s very strange that dinner would be so late.
- conventional orthography: Tá sé rí-aisteach go mbeadh an dinnéar chomh deireanach.
- tā šē rī æšcəx gə mĭøx n̥ ȷīnēr xō ȷeŕnəx.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:
- droll
Declension
Derived terms
- aisteachas m (“queerness; drollery”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aisteach | n-aisteach | haisteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aisteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aistech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aisteach” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 19.
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