aithiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• athaiseach

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithisech. By surface analysis, aithis (“reproach; shame, disgrace; sarcasm”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæhəʃəx/

Adjective

aithiseach (genitive singular masculine aithisigh, genitive singular feminine aithisí, plural aithiseacha, comparative aithisí)

1. defamatory; shameful
2. censorious
3. sarcastic

Declension

Declension of aithiseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aithiseach	aithiseach	aithiseacha
Vocative	aithisigh		aithiseacha
Genitive		aithisí	aithiseacha	aithiseach
Dative	aithiseach	aithiseach; aithisigh (archaic)	aithiseacha
Comparative	níos aithisí
Superlative	is aithisí

Derived terms

• dia-aithiseach (“blasphemous”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫiseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 256