aiséirí

Irish

An tAiséirí

Alternative forms

• aiséirghe (superseded)
• eiséirghe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish eséirge, esséirge; synchronically analyzable as ais- +‎ éirí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃˌəiɾʲə/

Noun

aiséirí m (genitive singular as substantive aiséirí, genitive as verbal noun aiséirithe)

1. (Christianity) resurrection
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:

     ḱŕeȷĭm ə n-æš-aiŕə nə gorp.

     conventional orthography: Creidim in aiséirí na gcorp.

     I believe in the resurrection of the body (literally “of the bodies”).

2. verbal noun of aiséirigh (“to resurrect”)

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of aiséirí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiséirí Vocative a aiséirí Genitive aiséirí Dative aiséirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-aiséirí Genitive an aiséirí Dative leis an aiséirí don aiséirí

As a verbal noun:

Declension of aiséirí

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiséirí Vocative a aiséirí Genitive aiséirithe Dative aiséirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aiséirí Genitive an aiséirithe Dative leis an aiséirí don aiséirí

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “es(s)éirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiséirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN