aitheasc

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

aitheasc m (genitive singular aithisc, nominative plural aithisc)

verbal noun of aitheasc (“address; exhort; apostrophize”)
address, allocution, oration, speech
exhortation, homily, sermon
(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)

(transitive) address (court, etc.)
(transitive) exhort
(transitive) apostrophize

Conjugation

First Conjugation (B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
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‡	d'aitheasctá / aitheasctá‡	d'aitheascadh sé, sí / aitheascadh sé, sí‡	d'aitheascaimis; d'aitheascadh muid / aitheascaimis‡; aitheascadh muid‡	d'aitheascadh sibh / aitheascadh sibh‡	d'aitheascaidís; d'aitheascadh siad / aitheascaidís‡; aitheascadh siad‡	a d'aitheascadh / ar aitheascadh*	d'aitheasctaí / aitheasctaí‡
	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-aitheascfá‡‡	d'aitheascfadh sé, sí / aitheascfadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascfadh sé, sí‡‡	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 / ar aitheascfadh*	d'aitheascfaí / aitheascfaí‡; n-aitheascfaí‡‡
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
subjunctive	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

"aitheasc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“aithesc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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