aithiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithisech.[1] By surface analysis, aithis (“reproach”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæhəʃəx/[2][3]

Adjective

aithiseach (genitive singular masculine aithisigh, genitive singular feminine aithisí, plural aithiseacha, comparative aithisí)

  1. defamatory; shameful
  2. censorious
  3. sarcastic

Declension

Declension of aithiseach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aithiseach aithiseach aithiseacha
vocative aithisigh aithiseacha
genitive aithisí aithiseacha aithiseach
dative aithiseach aithiseach;
aithisigh (archaic) 		aithiseacha
Comparative níos aithisí
Superlative is aithisí

Derived terms

  • dia-aithiseach (“blasphemous”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithiseach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithiseach n-aithiseach haithiseach 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 256

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