aiste

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See also: Aistė

Estonian

Noun

aiste

  1. genitive plural of ais

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aiste (“special quality, peculiarity”),[2] possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”).

Noun

aiste f or m (genitive singular aiste, nominative plural aistí)

  1. (literary or academic) essay, composition
Declension
Declension of aiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aiste aistí
Vocative a aiste a aistí
Genitive aiste aistí
Dative aiste aistí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aiste na haistí
Genitive na haiste na n-aistí
Dative leis an aiste

don aiste

leis na haistí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

aiste (emphatic aistese)

  1. Alternative form of aisti

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲə/
  • Hyphenation: ais‧te

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aiste, possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”). Cognate with Irish aiste.

Noun

aiste f (plural aistean)

  1. composition, essay
  2. poem
  3. ingenuity

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish eiste, from Old Irish essi. Cognates include Irish aisti and Manx assjee.

Pronoun

aiste

  1. third-person singular feminine of à: from her, from it
Inflection
Personal inflection of à
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st asam asamsa
2nd asad asadsa
3rd m às às-san
3rd f aiste aistese
Plural 1st asainn asainne
2nd asaibh asaibhse
3rd asta astasan

Mutation

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiste”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “à” and “aiste”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 2, 28
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