aithrí
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithrige, from Old Irish aithirge, the verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“to improve”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (compare at·reig (“to rise”)).
Pronunciation
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Noun
aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)
- penitence, penance, repentance (+ i (“for”))
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28:
- ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
- conventional orthography: Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.
- No sinner will go to heaven without doing penance for his sins.
- conventional orthography: Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.
- ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28:
- mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
- conventional orthography: Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.
- Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.
- conventional orthography: Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.
- mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
Declension
Declension of aithrí
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aithríoch (“penitent”, adjective)
- aithríoch m (“penitent”)
- oifig aithrí f (“penitentiary”) (papal office)
- sagart aithrí m (“penitentiary”) (priest)
Related terms
- aithreachas m (“repentance, regret”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithrí | n-aithrí | haithrí | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithrí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aithrí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aithrí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024