airtríteas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English arthritis, from Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”).

Noun

airtríteas m (genitive singular airtrítis)

1. (pathology) arthritis

Declension

Declension of airtríteas

First declension

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

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

Derived terms

• oisté-airtríteas (“osteoarthritis”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airtríteas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN