aithin

See also: Aithin

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (to know, recognise),[3] from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. (proverb)
    It takes one to know one.
    (literally, “A beetle recognizes another beetle.”)
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (deliver to, commend, command), from aithne.

Verb

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithin
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithin n-aithin haithin not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
  3. ^ 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

  • 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, 2013–2025