àite

See also: aite and áite

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áitt.

Pronunciation

Noun

àite m (genitive singular àite, plural àitean or àiteachan)

  1. place, spot
  2. part, region
  3. situation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of àite
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àite n-àite h-àite t-àite

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 120
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 13
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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