aithreachas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”),[1] from aithrech (compare modern aithríoch (“penitent”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais)

  1. repentance, regret
    Ní bheidh aithreachas ort faoi! ― You won't regret it!

Declension

Declension of aithreachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aithreachas
Vocative a aithreachais
Genitive aithreachais
Dative aithreachas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aithreachas
Genitive an aithreachais
Dative leis an aithreachas

don aithreachas

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aithrechus (“repentance; regret”), from aithrech. By surface analysis, aithreach (“penitent”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais, no plural)

  1. repentance, penitence, regret

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithreachas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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