aiteas

Irish

Etymology

From ait (“pleasant, likeable; fine, excellent; comical; queer”) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

aiteas m (genitive singular aitis)

1. pleasantness, fun
2. queerness
3. feeling of apprehension; queer sensation

Declension

Declension of aiteas

First declension

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

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

Synonyms

• (queerness): aisteachas m, aistiúlacht f, aiteacht f, greannmhaireacht f, suaithníocht f

Derived terms

• aiteasach (“pleasant, joyful”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “aiteas” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “aittes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “aiteas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 21.
• "aiteas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.