aithin
See also: Aithin
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (“to know, recognise”),[2] from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.
Verb
editaithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)
- (transitive) know, recognize, identify
- Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)
- It takes one to know one.
- (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)
- (transitive) acknowledge
- (transitive) distinguish
- (transitive) perceive
Conjugation
editconjugation of aithin (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- so-aitheanta (“recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (“deliver to, commend, command”), from aithne.
Verb
editaithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)
- (transitive) bid, command
- (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (“to”))
Conjugation
editconjugation of aithin (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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. |
References
edit- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aithnid (‘knows, recognises’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫniġim ‘know, recognise’; aiṫnim ‘command’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aithin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aithin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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