aithne

See also: Aithne

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aithgne (“knowing, recognition”).

Noun

aithne f (genitive singular aithne)

  1. acquaintance, acquaintanceship (with ar plus the person or thing one is acquainted with)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 24:
      tā æńə agm̥ əŕ.
      conventional orthography: Tá aithne agam air.
      I know him; I am acquainted with him.
  2. recognition; act of recognizing
  3. knowledge
  4. (characteristic or distinguishing) appearance
  5. Alternative form of aithint: verbal noun of aithin
Declension
Declension of aithne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aithne
Vocative a aithne
Genitive aithne
Dative aithne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an aithne
Genitive na haithne
Dative leis an aithne

don aithne

Derived terms
  • anaithne f (“obscurity, lack of recognition”)
  • athaithne f (“renewal of acquaintance”)
  • dea-aithne f (“good acquaintanceship”)
  • féinaithne f (“self-knowledge”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithne (“act of entrusting, commanding”).

Noun

aithne f (genitive singular aithne, nominative plural aitheanta)

  1. commandment, precept
Declension
Declension of aithne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aithne aitheanta
Vocative a aithne a aitheanta
Genitive aithne aitheanta
Dative aithne aitheanta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aithne na haitheanta
Genitive na haithne na n-aitheanta
Dative leis an aithne

don aithne

 leis na haitheanta

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

Further reading
    • “aithne” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
    • “1 aithne ("entrusting")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
    • “2 aithne ("knowing")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
    • Entries containing “aithne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
    • Entries containing “aithne” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

    Old Irish
    FWOTD – 25 July 2015

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /ˈaθʲnʲe/

    Noun

    aithne n

    1. verbal noun of ad·noí
    2. an act of entrusting, handing over; the thing entrusted
      • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66a26
        a n-aithne glosses depositum
    3. an act of commanding; a command, order
    4. (biblical) a commandment, a Commandment

    Inflection
    Neuter io-stem
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative
    Vocative
    Accusative
    Genitive
    Dative
    Initial mutations of a following adjective:
    • H = triggers aspiration
    • L = triggers lenition
    • N = triggers nasalization

    Mutation
    Old Irish mutation
    RadicalLenitionNasalization
    aithne unchanged n-aithne
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Further reading

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish aithgne (“knowing, recognition”).

    Noun

    aithne f (genitive singular aithne)

    1. knowledge, discernment, acquaintance

    Derived terms

    Mutation
    Scottish Gaelic mutation
    RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
    aithnen-aithneh-aithnet-aithne
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Further reading
    • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
    • “2 aithne ("knowing")” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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