èist

See also: eist and éist

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• èisd
• éisd
• éist

Etymology

From Old Irish éistid, éitsid (“listens, hearkens, attends”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːʃd̥ʲ/

Verb

èist (past dh'èist, future èistidh, verbal noun èisteachd, past participle èiste)

1. listen, hear, hark, harken

References

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