aitheasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aithesc n (“answer; message; utterance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahəsˠk/

Noun

aitheasc m (genitive singular aithisc, nominative plural aithisc)

1. verbal noun of aitheasc (“address; exhort; apostrophize”)
2. address, allocution, oration, speech
3. exhortation, homily, sermon
4. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Declension

Declension of aitheasc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aitheasc aithisc Vocative a aithisc a aitheasca Genitive aithisc aitheasc Dative aitheasc aithisc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aitheasc na haithisc Genitive an aithisc na n-aitheasc Dative leis an aitheasc don aitheasc leis na haithisc

Synonyms

• (apostrophe): apastróf

Verb

aitheasc (present analytic aitheascann, future analytic aitheascfaidh, verbal noun aitheasc, past participle aitheasctha)

1. (transitive) address (court, etc.)
2. (transitive) exhort
3. (transitive) apostrophize

Conjugation

conjugation of aitheasc (first conjugation – B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	aitheascaim	aitheascann tú; aitheascair†	aitheascann sé, sí	aitheascaimid	aitheascann sibh	aitheascann siad; aitheascaid†	a aitheascann; a aitheascas / a n-aitheascann*; a n-aitheascas*	aitheasctar
	past	d'aitheasc mé; d'aitheascas / aitheasc mé‡; aitheascas‡	d'aitheasc tú; d'aitheascais / aitheasc tú‡; aitheascais‡	d'aitheasc sé, sí / aitheasc sé, sí‡	d'aitheascamar; d'aitheasc muid / aitheascamar‡; aitheasc muid‡	d'aitheasc sibh; d'aitheascabhair / aitheasc sibh‡; aitheascabhair‡	d'aitheasc siad; d'aitheascadar / aitheasc siad; aitheascadar‡	a d'aitheasc / ar aitheasc*	aitheascadh; haitheascadh†
	past habitual	d'aitheascainn / aitheascainn‡; n-aitheascainn‡‡	d'aitheasctá / aitheasctá‡; n-aitheasctᇇ	d'aitheascadh sé, sí / aitheascadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascadh sé, s퇇	d'aitheascaimis; d'aitheascadh muid / aitheascaimis‡; aitheascadh muid‡; n-aitheascaimis‡‡; n-aitheascadh muid‡‡	d'aitheascadh sibh / aitheascadh sibh‡; n-aitheascadh sibh‡‡	d'aitheascaidís; d'aitheascadh siad / aitheascaidís‡; aitheascadh siad‡; n-aitheascaidís‡‡; n-aitheascadh siad‡‡	a d'aitheascadh / a n-aitheascadh*	d'aitheasctaí / aitheasctaí‡; n-aitheascta퇇
future		aitheascfaidh mé; aitheascfad	aitheascfaidh tú; aitheascfair†	aitheascfaidh sé, sí	aitheascfaimid; aitheascfaidh muid	aitheascfaidh sibh	aitheascfaidh siad; aitheascfaid†	a aitheascfaidh; a aitheascfas / a n-aitheascfaidh*; a n-aitheascfas*	aitheascfar
conditional		d'aitheascfainn / aitheascfainn‡; n-aitheascfainn‡‡	d'aitheascfá / aitheascfá‡; n-aitheascfᇇ	d'aitheascfadh sé, sí / aitheascfadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascfadh sé, s퇇	d'aitheascfaimis; d'aitheascfadh muid / aitheascfaimis‡; aitheascfadh muid‡; n-aitheascfaimis‡‡; n-aitheascfadh muid‡‡	d'aitheascfadh sibh / aitheascfadh sibh‡; n-aitheascfadh sibh‡‡	d'aitheascfaidís; d'aitheascfadh siad / aitheascfaidís‡; aitheascfadh siad‡; n-aitheascfaidís‡‡; n-aitheascfadh siad‡‡	a d'aitheascfadh / a n-aitheascfadh*	d'aitheascfaí / aitheascfaí‡; n-aitheascfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-aitheasca mé; go n-aitheascad†	go n-aitheasca tú; go n-aitheascair†	go n-aitheasca sé, sí	go n-aitheascaimid; go n-aitheasca muid	go n-aitheasca sibh	go n-aitheasca siad; go n-aitheascaid†	—	go n-aitheasctar
	past	dá n-aitheascainn	dá n-aitheasctá	dá n-aitheascadh sé, sí	dá n-aitheascaimis; dá n-aitheascadh muid	dá n-aitheascadh sibh	dá n-aitheascaidís; dá n-aitheascadh siad	—	dá n-aitheasctaí
imperative		aitheascaim	aitheasc	aitheascadh sé, sí	aitheascaimis	aitheascaigí; aitheascaidh†	aitheascaidís	—	aitheasctar
verbal noun		aitheasc
past participle		aitheasctha

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Synonyms

• (exhortation, homily, sermon): homaile, seanmóir
• (address, oration, speech): óráid

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aitheasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language