aith-

See also: áith

Irish

Prefix

aith-

slender form of ath- (“re-, second; old, rejected, ex-; return; later, after”)

Usage notes

Used before slender vowels and consonants.

Mutation

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

References

"aith-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

ath- (broad form)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aθʲ-/

Prefix

aith-

(with verbs, verbal nouns) re-
(with nouns) second, a further
(with nouns indicating person) ex-

Derived terms

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aittecht (“returning; expounding, instruction”)

Descendants

Irish: ath-
Manx: aa-
Scottish Gaelic: ath-

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