aiféala

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithméla.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːlˠə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːɾˠ/, /ˈafʲeːlˠ/[2]

Noun

aiféala m (genitive singular aiféala)

  1. regret, remorse
  2. shame, shamefacedness

Declension

Declension of aiféala (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiféala
vocative a aiféala
genitive aiféala
dative aiféala
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aiféala
genitive an aiféala
dative leis an aiféala
don aiféala

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
    ńīl orm̥ ax ȧfēr fȳ n æmšŕ̥, ə tā kȧlc am.
    [Níl orm ach aiféala faoin aimsir atá cailte agam.]
    I regret only the time I’ve lost.
    (literally, “There is nothing on me but regret concerning…”)
    tā ȧfēr rī wōr orm̥, n̄ax vēdĭm n̥ ceŕəvīš šin ə jīnə ʒic.
    [Tá aiféala rímhór orm nach bhféadaim an tseirbhís sin a dhéanamh dhuit.]
    I greatly regret that I can’t perform that service for you.
    (literally, “There is great regret on me that…”)
  • aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiféala
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiféala n-aiféala haiféala t-aiféala

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithméla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 256

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