aite

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English

Interjection

aite

  1. Alternative form of aight.
    • 2018, DeMarcus Rogers, Chasing Faith, page 100:
      Aite then! After the game we will rap about getting you down to the gym so we can work.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎, Hachette, →ISBN:
      I was like Aite, fasho, putting my hands up.

Irish

Adjective

aite

  1. inflection of ait:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of aite
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aite n-aite haite not applicable

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

Japanese

Romanization

aite

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あいて

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *attyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy.

Pronunciation

Noun

aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

  1. foster father
  2. teacher
  3. tutor

Declension

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative aite aiteL aitiL
vocative aiti aiteL aitiu
accusative aiteN aiteL aitiuH
genitive aitiL aiteL aiteN
dative aitiuL aitib aitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: oide
  • Manx: gedjey
  • Scottish Gaelic: oide

See also

Mutation

Mutation of aite
radical lenition nasalization
aite
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-aite

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

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959) “aite”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien (in French), volume A, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page A-52f.

Further reading

Rotokas

Noun

aite

  1. father
  2. uncle (mother's sister's husband)
  3. uncle (father's brother)

References

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French aitre, from Latin ātrium.

Pronunciation

Noun

aite f (plural aites)

  1. cemetery
  2. parvis
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