aithne

See also: Aithne

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aithgne (“knowing, recognition”).[3]

Noun

aithne f (genitive singular aithne)

  1. acquaintance, acquaintanceship (with ar plus the person or thing one is acquainted with)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24:
      tā æńə agm̥ əŕ.
      [Tá aithne agam air.]
      I know him; I am acquainted with him.
  2. recognition; act of recognizing
  3. knowledge
  4. (characteristic or distinguishing) appearance
  5. alternative form of aithint: verbal noun of aithin
Declension
Declension of aithne (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aithne
vocative a aithne
genitive aithne
dative aithne
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an aithne
genitive na haithne
dative leis an aithne
don aithne
Derived terms
  • anaithne f (“obscurity, lack of recognition”)
  • athaithne f (“renewal of acquaintance”)
  • dea-aithne f (“good acquaintanceship”)
  • féinaithne f (“self-knowledge”)
  • mearaithne f (“passing acquaintance”)
  • súilaithne f (“acquaintance based on sight”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aithne (“act of entrusting, commanding”).[4]

Noun

aithne f (genitive singular aithne, nominative plural aitheanta)

  1. commandment, precept
Declension
Declension of aithne (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aithne aitheanta
vocative a aithne a aitheanta
genitive aithne aitheanta
dative aithne aitheanta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aithne na haitheanta
genitive na haithne na n-aitheanta
dative leis an aithne
don aithne 		leis na haitheanta

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithne
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithne n-aithne haithne 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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 109, page 59
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 5, page 6
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aithne ("knowing")”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aithne ("entrusting")”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

FWOTD – 25 July 2015

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaθʲnʲe]

Noun

aithne n

  1. verbal noun of ad·noí
  2. an act of entrusting, handing over; the thing entrusted
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66a26
      a n-aithne glosses depositum
  3. an act of commanding; a command, order
  4. (biblical) a commandment, a Commandment

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aithneN aithneL aithneL
vocative aithneN aithneL aithneL
accusative aithneN aithneL aithneL
genitive aithniL aithneL aithneN
dative aithniuL aithnib aithnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of aithne
radical lenition nasalization
aithne
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 aithne n-aithne

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithgne (“knowing, recognition”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲə/

Noun

aithne f (genitive singular aithne)

  1. knowledge, discernment, acquaintance

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aithne ("knowing")”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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