aiséirí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish eséirge, esséirge.[1] By surface analysis, ais- +‎ éirí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæʃˌaiɾʲə/

Noun

aiséirí m (genitive singular as substantive aiséirí, genitive as verbal noun aiséirithe)

  1. (Christianity) resurrection
  2. verbal noun of aiséirigh (to resurrect)

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of aiséirí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiséirí
vocative a aiséirí
genitive aiséirí
dative aiséirí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aiséirí
genitive an aiséirí
dative leis an aiséirí
don aiséirí

As a verbal noun:

Declension of aiséirí (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aiséirí
vocative a aiséirí
genitive aiséirithe
dative aiséirí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aiséirí
genitive an aiséirithe
dative leis an aiséirí
don aiséirí

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
    ḱŕeȷĭm ə n-æš-aiŕə nə gorp.
    [Creidim in aiséirí na gcorp.]
    I believe in the resurrection of the body
    (literally, “of the bodies”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiséirí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiséirí n-aiséirí haiséirí t-aiséirí

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “es(s)éirge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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