aitheasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aithesc n (“answer; message; utterance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈahəsˠk/

Noun

aitheasc m (genitive singular aithisc, nominative plural aithisc)

verbal noun of aitheasc (“address; exhort; apostrophize”)
address, allocution, oration, speech
exhortation, homily, sermon
(rhetoric) apostrophe

Declension

Declension of aitheasc (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	aitheasc	aithisc
vocative	a aithisc	a aitheasca
genitive	aithisc	aitheasc
dative	aitheasc	aithisc

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-aitheasc	na haithisc
genitive	an aithisc	na n-aitheasc
dative	leis an aitheasc don aitheasc	leis na haithisc

Synonyms

(apostrophe): apastróf

Verb

aitheasc (present analytic aitheascann, future analytic aitheascfaidh, verbal noun aitheasc, past participle aitheasctha)

(transitive) address (court, etc.)
(transitive) exhort
(transitive) apostrophize

Conjugation

conjugation of aitheasc (first conjugation – B)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	aitheasc
past participle	aitheasctha
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	aitheascaim	aitheascann tú; aitheascair^†	aitheascann sé, sí	aitheascaimid	aitheascann sibh	aitheascann siad; aitheascaid^†	a aitheascann; a aitheascas / a n-aitheascann*	aitheasctar
past	d'aitheasc mé; d'aitheascas / aitheasc mé‡; aitheascas‡	d'aitheasc tú; d'aitheascais / aitheasc tú‡; aitheascais‡	d'aitheasc sé, sí / aitheasc sé, sí‡	d'aitheascamar; d'aitheasc muid / aitheascamar‡; aitheasc muid‡	d'aitheasc sibh; d'aitheascabhair / aitheasc sibh‡; aitheascabhair‡	d'aitheasc siad; d'aitheascadar / aitheasc siad; aitheascadar‡	a d'aitheasc / ar aitheasc*	aitheascadh; haitheascadh^†
past habitual	d'aitheascainn / aitheascainn‡; n-aitheascainn‡‡	d'aitheasctá / aitheasctá‡; n-aitheasctá‡‡	d'aitheascadh sé, sí / aitheascadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascadh sé, sí‡‡	d'aitheascaimis; d'aitheascadh muid / aitheascaimis‡; aitheascadh muid‡; n-aitheascaimis‡‡; n-aitheascadh muid‡‡	d'aitheascadh sibh / aitheascadh sibh‡; n-aitheascadh sibh‡‡	d'aitheascaidís; d'aitheascadh siad / aitheascaidís‡; aitheascadh siad‡; n-aitheascaidís‡‡; n-aitheascadh siad‡‡	a d'aitheascadh / a n-aitheascadh*	d'aitheasctaí / aitheasctaí‡; n-aitheasctaí‡‡
future	aitheascfaidh mé; aitheascfad	aitheascfaidh tú; aitheascfair^†	aitheascfaidh sé, sí	aitheascfaimid; aitheascfaidh muid	aitheascfaidh sibh	aitheascfaidh siad; aitheascfaid^†	a aitheascfaidh; a aitheascfas / a n-aitheascfaidh*	aitheascfar
conditional	d'aitheascfainn / aitheascfainn‡; n-aitheascfainn‡‡	d'aitheascfá / aitheascfá‡; n-aitheascfá‡‡	d'aitheascfadh sé, sí / aitheascfadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascfadh sé, sí‡‡	d'aitheascfaimis; d'aitheascfadh muid / aitheascfaimis‡; aitheascfadh muid‡; n-aitheascfaimis‡‡; n-aitheascfadh muid‡‡	d'aitheascfadh sibh / aitheascfadh sibh‡; n-aitheascfadh sibh‡‡	d'aitheascfaidís; d'aitheascfadh siad / aitheascfaidís‡; aitheascfadh siad‡; n-aitheascfaidís‡‡; n-aitheascfadh siad‡‡	a d'aitheascfadh / a n-aitheascfadh*	d'aitheascfaí / aitheascfaí‡; n-aitheascfaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go n-aitheasca mé; go n-aitheascad^†	go n-aitheasca tú; go n-aitheascair^†	go n-aitheasca sé, sí	go n-aitheascaimid; go n-aitheasca muid	go n-aitheasca sibh	go n-aitheasca siad; go n-aitheascaid^†	—	go n-aitheasctar
past	dá n-aitheascainn	dá n-aitheasctá	dá n-aitheascadh sé, sí	dá n-aitheascaimis; dá n-aitheascadh muid	dá n-aitheascadh sibh	dá n-aitheascaidís; dá n-aitheascadh siad	—	dá n-aitheasctaí
imperative
–	aitheascaim	aitheasc	aitheascadh sé, sí	aitheascaimis	aitheascaigí; aitheascaidh^†	aitheascaidís	—	aitheasctar

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Synonyms

(exhortation, homily, sermon): homaile, seanmóir
(address, oration, speech): óráid

Mutation

Mutated forms of *aitheasc*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aitheasc	n-aitheasc	haitheasc	t-aitheasc

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aitheasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language