aiféala
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish aithméla.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aiféala m (genitive singular aiféala)
- regret, remorse
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 21:
- ńīl orm̥ ax ȧfēr fȳ n æmšŕ̥, ə tā kȧlc am.
- [Níl orm ach aiféala faoin aimsir atá cailte agam.]
- I regret only the time I’ve lost.
- (literally, “There is nothing on me but regret concerning…”)
- tā ȧfēr rī wōr orm̥, n̄ax vēdĭm n̥ ceŕəvīš šin ə jīnə ʒic.
- [Tá aiféala rímhór orm nach bhféadaim an tseirbhís sin a dhéanamh dhuit.]
- I greatly regret that I can’t perform that service for you.
- (literally, “There is great regret on me that…”)
- shame, shamefacedness
Declension edit
Declension of aiféala
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms edit
- aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aiféala | n-aiféala | haiféala | t-aiféala |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithméla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 256
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiféala”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫṁéala”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Entries containing “aiféala” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aiféala” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.