aithiseach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithisech; synchronically analyzable as aithis (“reproach; shame, disgrace; sarcasm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæhəʃəx/
Adjective
aithiseach (genitive singular masculine aithisigh, genitive singular feminine aithisí, plural aithiseacha, comparative aithisí)
Declension
Declension of aithiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aithiseach | aithiseach | aithiseacha | |
| Vocative | aithisigh | aithiseacha | ||
| Genitive | aithisí | aithiseacha | aithiseach | |
| Dative | aithiseach | aithiseach; aithisigh (archaic) |
aithiseacha | |
| Comparative | níos aithisí | |||
| Superlative | is aithisí | |||
Derived terms
- dia-aithiseach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithiseach | n-aithiseach | haithiseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aithiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aithisech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṫiseaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 256.
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