aithin

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (to know, recognise),[2] from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.

Verb[edit]

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.
    A beetle recognizes another beetle.
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
Conjugation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (deliver to, commend, command), from aithne.

Verb[edit]

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
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Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 aithnid (‘knows, recognises’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading[edit]

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫniġim ‘know, recognise’; aiṫnim ‘command’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
  • Entries containing “aithin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “aithin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.