aithrí

Irish

Alternative forms

aithrighe (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithrige, from Old Irish aithirge, the verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“to improve”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (compare at·reig (“to rise”)).

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲiː/

Noun

aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)

penitence, ‎penance, repentance (+ i (“for”))
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:
  ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
  conventional orthography: Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.
  No sinner will go to heaven without doing penance for his sins.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:
  mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
  conventional orthography: Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.
  Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.

Declension

Declension of aithrí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	aithrí
Vocative	a aithrí
Genitive	aithrí
Dative	aithrí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an aithrí
Genitive	na haithrí
Dative	leis an aithrí don aithrí

Derived terms

aithríoch (“penitent”, adjective)
aithríoch m (“penitent”)
oifig aithrí f (“penitentiary”) (papal office)
sagart aithrí m (“penitentiary”) (priest)

Related terms

aithreachas m (“repentance, regret”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"aithrí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aithrige”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“aiṫriġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Entries containing “aithrí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “aithrí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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