aithis

See also: áithis and aiþis

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aithis (“reproach; disgrace”).

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæhəʃ/

Noun

aithis f (genitive singular aithise, nominative plural aithisí)

  1. slur, reproach
  2. shame, disgrace
  3. (uncountable) sarcasm
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 21:
      əs bĭøg mə jŕān əŕ ə dinə šin, mar tā šē l̄ān g æhəš.
      conventional orthography: 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
Declension of aithis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aithis aithisí
Vocative a aithis a aithisí
Genitive aithise aithisí
Dative aithis aithisí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aithis na haithisí
Genitive na haithise na n-aithisí
Dative leis an aithis

don aithis

 leis na haithisí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

Further reading
  • "aithis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “aithis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aiṫis” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
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