aistear

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish astar (journey, travel).[1]

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 [The Aran Dialect], 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

Mutated forms of aistear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aistear n-aistear haistear t-aistear

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “astar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 49

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