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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”).
Noun
áitheas m (genitive singular áithis)
- success, victory
Declension
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| áitheas
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n-áitheas
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háitheas
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t-áitheas
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áitheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áithes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language