aite

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English

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Interjection

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aite

  1. Alternative form of aight
    • 2018, DeMarcus Rogers, Chasing Faith, page 100:
      Aite then! After the game we will rap about getting you down to the gym so we can work.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi[1], Hachette, →ISBN:
      I was like Aite, fasho, putting my hands up.

Irish

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Adjective

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aite

  1. inflection of ait:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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aite

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あいて

Middle Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish aite, from Proto-Celtic *attyos, related to Welsh tâd, Breton tat. From Proto-Indo-European *átta (father), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

  1. foster father
  2. teacher
  3. tutor

Declension

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Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative aite aiteL aitiL
Vocative aiti aiteL aitiu
Accusative aiteN aiteL aitiuH
Genitive aitiL aiteL aiteN
Dative aitiuL aitib aitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: oide
  • Manx: gedjey
  • Scottish Gaelic: oide

See also

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Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aite unchanged n-aite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959) “aite”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume A, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page A-52f.

Further reading

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Rotokas

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Noun

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aite

  1. father
  2. uncle (mother's sister's husband)
  3. uncle (father's brother)

References

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Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French aitre, from Latin ātrium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aite f (plural aites)

  1. cemetery
  2. parvis