aistear

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish astar (“journey, travel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aistear m or f (genitive singular aistir or aistire, nominative plural aistir or aistreacha)

  1. journey
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:
      sl̄ān lȧt, gə n-aiŕī t-æšcŕ̥ lȧt!
      [Slán leat, go n-éirí t’aistir leat!]
      Goodbye, may your journey be successful!
      ḱē n mĭȧs tā agət eŕ mə xomrādə æšcŕ̥ə [oder šūl]?
      [Cén meas atá agat ar mo chomráda aistire [or siúil]?]
      What do you think of my traveling companion?
  2. roundabout way; inconvenience

Declension

As masculine noun
Declension of aistear

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aistear aistir
Vocative a aistir a aisteara
Genitive aistir aistear
Dative aistear aistir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aistear na haistir
Genitive an aistir na n-aistear
Dative leis an aistear

don aistear

leis na haistir

As feminine noun
Declension of aistear

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aistear aistreacha
Vocative a aistear a aistreacha
Genitive aistire aistreacha
Dative aistear
aistir (archaic, dialectal) 		aistreacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aistear na haistreacha
Genitive na haistire na n-aistreacha
Dative leis an aistear
leis an aistir (archaic, dialectal)

don aistear
don aistir (archaic, dialectal)

leis na haistreacha

Derived terms

  • aistreach (“journeying, roving; restless, unsettled; out of the way, inconvenient; transitive”, adjective)
  • aistreán m (“out-of-the-way place; inconvenience”)
  • neamh-aistear m (“want of occupation, inactivity, idleness; thoughtlessness; mischief”)

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “astar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49

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