aithreachas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”), from aithrech (compare modern aithríoch (“penitent”)).

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais)

  1. repentance, regret

Declension
Declension of aithreachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aithreachas
Vocative a aithreachais
Genitive aithreachais
Dative aithreachas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aithreachas
Genitive an aithreachais
Dative leis an aithreachas

don aithreachas

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aithreachas n-aithreachas haithreachas not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "aithreachas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “aithrechus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aiṫreaċas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”), from aithrech (compare modern aithreach (“penitent, sorry; giving cause for regret”)).

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais, no plural)

  1. repentance, penitence, regret

Derived terms
  • neo-aithreachas m (“impenitence, obduracy, hardness of heart”)

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