aithris

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aithris f (relation; imitation).[2]

Noun

aithris f (genitive singular as substantive aithrise, genitive as verbal noun aithriste)

  1. verbal noun of aithris
  2. narration
  3. imitation
  4. mimicry
Declension
Verbal noun
Declension of aithris (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aithris
vocative a aithris
genitive aithriste
dative aithris
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aithris
genitive na haithriste
dative leis an aithris
don aithris
Substantive
Declension of aithris (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aithris
vocative a aithris
genitive aithrise
dative aithris
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aithris
genitive na haithrise
dative leis an aithris
don aithris
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithrisid (repeats, tells; imitates, verb),[3] from aithris f.

Verb

aithris (present analytic aithrisíonn, future analytic aithriseoidh, verbal noun aithris, past participle aithriste) or
aithris (present analytic aithriseann, future analytic aithrisfidh, verbal noun aithris, past participle aithriste) (ambitransitive)

  1. narrate, recite
  2. imitate
  3. mimic, mock
Conjugation
Alternative conjugation
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithris
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithris n-aithris haithris 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, § 246, page 124
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrisid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithris (act of telling, relating; relation, account; act of imitating, copying; imitation; example).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲɪʃ/
  • Hyphenation: aith‧ris

Verb

aithris (past dh'aithris, future aithrisidh, verbal noun aithris, past participle aithriste)

  1. report, relate, recite, allege, repeat
  2. narrate, enunciate, rehearse
  3. quote, tell
  4. imitate

Derived terms

  • aithris-leabhar (commonplace book, notebook, day-book)
  • ath-aithris (repeat, imitate)
  • atharrais (re-tell, imitate)
  • mì-aithris (miscite)
  • roimh-aithris (previously rehearse; forebode, foretell)

Noun

aithris f (genitive singular aithrise, plural aithrisean)

  1. verbal noun of aithris
  2. report, allegation, narration, narrative
  3. recitation, rehearsal, recital
  4. report, statement
  5. imitation
  6. tradition, tale

Derived terms

  • às-aithris (quotation)
  • beul-aithris (oral representation or tradition)
  • buaidh-aithriseach (attributive)
  • feall-aithris (pretence)
  • fìor-aithris (veracity, speaking of truth, true tale)
  • roimh-aithris (previous rehearsal; foreboding, foretelling)

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithris”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN