aithneachadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • aithneachdan (Sutherland)

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈãˈɲãxəɣ/, /ˈãɲəxəɣ/[1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈaɲəxəɣ/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈɛɲʌxəɣ][3]

Noun

aithneachadh m (genitive singular aithneachaidh, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of aithnich (“know, recognise; feel; discern, perceive; have sexual intercourse”)
  2. knowing, recognition, discerning, identification
  3. what is discernible
  4. slight degree

Derived terms

  • do-aithneachadh (“not easily known”, adjective)
  • so-aithneachadh (“easily recognised”, adjective)
  • roimh-aithneachadh m (“foreknowing; act of foreknowing, anticipation”)

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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 110
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithneachadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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