aithis

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See also: áithis and aiþis

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish aithis (reproach; disgrace),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ati-wissus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti (beyond) + *weyd- (to see, know).[2] Comparable to Proto-Germanic *idiwītą (disgrace, shame, disdain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aithis f (genitive singular aithise, nominative plural aithisí)

  1. slur, reproach
  2. shame, disgrace
  3. (uncountable) sarcasm
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
      əs bĭøg mə jŕān əŕ ə dinə šin, mar tā šē l̄ān g æhəš.
      [Is beag mo ghreann ar an duine sin, mar atá sé lán d’aithis.]
      I have little love for that person, because he’s full of sarcasm.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aithis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21

Further reading

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