aiteas

Irish

Etymology

From ait (“pleasant, likeable; fine, excellent; comical; queer”) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

aiteas m (genitive singular aitis)

1. pleasantness, fun
2. queerness
3. feeling of apprehension; queer sensation

Declension

Declension of aiteas

First declension

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

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

Synonyms

• (queerness): aisteachas m, aistiúlacht f, aiteacht f, greannmhaireacht f, suaithníocht f

Derived terms

• aiteasach (“pleasant, joyful”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “aiteas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aittes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiteas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 21
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiteas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN