aithrí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithrige, from Old Irish aithirge,[1] the verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“to improve”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (compare at·reig (“to rise”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)

  1. penitence, penance, repentance [with i ‘for’]
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28:
      ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
      [Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.]
      No sinner will go to heaven without doing penance for his sins.
      mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
      [Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.]
      Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • aithríoch (“penitent”, adjective)
  • aithríoch m (“penitent”)
  • oifig aithrí f (“penitentiary (papal office)”)
  • sagart aithrí m (“penitentiary (priest)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithrí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithrí n-aithrí haithrí 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), “aithrige”, 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 28
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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