ithe

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Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

ithe

  1. inflection of ith:
    1. analytic present subjunctive
    2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

  1. verbal noun of ith
  2. eating

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of ithe (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ithe
vocative a ithe
genitive ite
dative ithe
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-ithe
genitive an ite
dative leis an ithe
don ithe

(as regular noun):

Declension of ithe (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ithe
vocative a ithe
genitive ithe
dative ithe
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-ithe
genitive an ithe
dative leis an ithe
don ithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of ithe
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ithe n-ithe hithe t-ithe

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 132, page 69
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 144
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 143, page 61
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 277
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.60, page 89
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 191, page 73

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ithe class 1

  1. his or her father

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

See also

References

  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Middle English

Noun

ithe

  1. Alternative form of ythe

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ithe f

  1. verbal noun of ithid
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102a15
      Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.
      They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative itheL ithiL ithi
Vocative itheL ithiL ithi
Accusative ithiN ithiL ithi
Genitive ithe itheL itheN
Dative ithiL ithib ithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

ithe f

  1. verbal noun of ith (to eat)

Mutation

Mutation of ithe
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ithe n-ithe h-ithe t-ithe

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