See also: Aithin

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish aithnid, aithnigid, aithintigid (to know, recognise),[2] from aithne, from Old Irish ad·gnin.

Verb edit

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) know, recognize, identify
    Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile.
    A beetle recognizes another beetle.
  2. (transitive) acknowledge
  3. (transitive) distinguish
  4. (transitive) perceive
Conjugation edit
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
  • so-aitheanta (recognizable; easy to distinguish, to discern)

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish aithnid, aithnigid (deliver to, commend, command), from aithne.

Verb edit

aithin (present analytic aithníonn, future analytic aithneoidh, verbal noun aithint, past participle aitheanta)

  1. (transitive) bid, command
  2. (transitive, literary) commit, commend (do (to))
Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithin n-aithin haithin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 24
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 aithnid (‘knows, recognises’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit