aithreachas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (repentance; regret),[1] from aithrech (compare modern aithríoch (penitent)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲəxəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈæhɾʲaxəsˠ/[2]

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais)

  1. repentance, regret
    Ní bheidh aithreachas ort faoi!You won't regret it!

Declension

Declension of aithreachas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aithreachas
vocative a aithreachais
genitive aithreachais
dative aithreachas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aithreachas
genitive an aithreachais
dative leis an aithreachas
don aithreachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of aithreachas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithreachas n-aithreachas haithreachas t-aithreachas

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), “aithrechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (repentance; regret), from aithrech. By surface analysis, aithreach (penitent) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲəxəs̪/

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais, no plural)

  1. repentance, penitence, regret

Derived terms

  • neo-aithreachas m (impenitence, obduracy, hardness of heart)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithreachas”, 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), “aithrechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language