aithreachas

Contents

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”), from aithrech (compare modern aithríoch (“penitent”)).

NounEdit

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais)

1. repentance, regret

DeclensionEdit

Declension of aithreachas

First declension

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

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

MutationEdit

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

Further readingEdit

• "aithreachas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aithrechus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “aiṫreaċas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”), from aithrech (compare modern aithreach (“penitent, sorry; giving cause for regret”)).

NounEdit

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais, no plural)

1. repentance, penitence, regret

Derived termsEdit

• neo-aithreachas m (“impenitence, obduracy, hardness of heart”)

ReferencesEdit

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “aithrechus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.