aith-

See also: áith

Irish

Prefix

aith-

1. slender form of ath- (“re-, second; old, rejected, ex-; return; later, after”)

Usage notes

Used before slender vowels and consonants.

Mutation

Mutated forms of aith-

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aith-	n-aith-	haith-	t-aith-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ath- (broad form)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθʲ-/

Prefix

aith- (pretonic ad-)

1. (with verbs, verbal nouns) re-
2. (with nouns) second, a further
3. (with nouns indicating person) ex-

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with aith-

athchumtach

doaithbig

doaithchren

doaithchuiredar

doimthiret

adeirrig

athargab

foraithminedar

athgabáil

adgainethar

aithgin

adgnin

taidchor

timthirecht

adtairbir

atairbert

• aittecht (“returning; expounding, instruction”)

Descendants

• Irish: ath-
• Manx: aa-
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-