aiste

See also: Aistė

Estonian

Noun

aiste

  1. genitive plural of ais

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑʃtʲə/, /ˈaʃtʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aiste (“special quality, peculiarity”),[2] possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”).

Noun

aiste f or m (genitive singular aiste, nominative plural aistí)

  1. (literary or academic) essay, composition
Declension
Declension of aiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aiste aistí
vocative a aiste a aistí
genitive aiste aistí
dative aiste aistí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aiste na haistí
genitive na haiste na n-aistí
dative leis an aiste
don aiste 		leis na haistí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

aiste (emphatic aistese)

  1. alternative form of aisti

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiste
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiste n-aiste haiste not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aiste, possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”). Cognate with Irish aiste.

Noun

aiste f (plural aistean)

  1. composition, essay
  2. poem
  3. ingenuity

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish eiste, from Old Irish essi. Cognates include Irish aisti and Manx assjee.

Pronoun

aiste

  1. third-person singular feminine of à: from her, from it
Inflection
Personal inflection of à
Person: simple emphatic
singular first asam asamsa
second asad asadsa
third m às às-san
f aiste aistese
plural first asainn asainne
second asaibh asaibhse
third asta astasan

Mutation

Mutation of aiste
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiste n-aiste h-aiste t-aiste

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiste”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Mark, Colin (2003) “à” and “aiste”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 2, 28
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