àitich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áittigid (“inhabits, dwells (in), settles (in); founds, establishes, builds”), from áitt (“place, situation, position, dwelling”); equivalent to àite (“place”) +‎ -ich.

Verb

àitich (past dh'àitich, future àitichidh, verbal noun àiteach or àiteachadh, past participle àitichte)

1. cultivate
2. inhabit

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áittigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language