áitt
See also: aitt
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *yāntī, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to ride, travel”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
áitt f
- place, situation, position; dwelling, abode
- passage (in a book)
- place formerly occupied by someone or something
Inflection edit
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | áittL | áittL | áitteH |
| Vocative | áittL | áittL | áitteH |
| Accusative | áittN | áittL | áitteH |
| Genitive | áitteH | áittL | áittN |
| Dative | áittL | áttaib | áttaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| áitt | unchanged | n-áitt |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yantī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 433-434
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áitt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language