aithneachadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aithneachdan (Sutherland)

Noun

aithneachadh m (genitive singular aithneachaidh, no plural)

1. verbal noun of aithnich (“know, recognise; feel; discern, perceive; have sexual intercourse”)
2. knowing, recognition, discerning, identification
3. what is discernible
4. slight degree

Derived terms

• do-aithneachadh (“not easily known”, adjective)
• so-aithneachadh (“easily recognised”, adjective)
• roimh-aithneachadh m (“foreknowing; act of foreknowing, anticipation”)

Related terms

• aithne
• dearbh-aithne

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithneachadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN