aiféaltas

Irish

Alternative forms

• aithmhéaltas (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithméltas (compare aithméla f (“shame, discomfiture; regret, remorse; grief”), modern aiféala).

Noun

aiféaltas m (genitive singular aiféaltais)

1. shame, embarrassment
2. regret

Declension

Declension of aiféaltas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiféaltas Vocative a aiféaltais Genitive aiféaltais Dative aiféaltas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aiféaltas Genitive an aiféaltais Dative leis an aiféaltas don aiféaltas

Related terms

• aiféalach (“regretful, sorrowful; shamefaced, shy”, adjective)
• aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiféaltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithméltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aiféaltas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aiféaltas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024