aithin

See also: Aithin

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈahənʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /æn/, /ˈeːhən/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ænʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (knows (usually of a process rather than a state), comes to know, realizes, understands; recognises, knows (i.e. at sight, immediately; person, thing etc.); recognises, perceives, notices (a fact, state of affairs)), from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.
    A beetle recognizes another beetle.
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (commits for preservation, delivers to, deposits with; entrusts to, commits to the care of, commends to; commends, prescribes (a course of action); orders, commands), from aithne.

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aithin n-aithin haithin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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