aithrí
Irish
Alternative forms
- aithrighe (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithrige, from Old Irish aithirge,[1] the verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“to improve”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (compare at·reig (“to rise”)).
Noun
aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)
- penitence, penance, repentance [+ i (for)]
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28:
- ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
- [Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.]
- No sinner will go to heaven without doing penance for his sins.
- mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
- [Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.]
- Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.
Declension
Declension of aithrí
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Related terms
- aithreachas m (“repentance, regret”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithrí | n-aithrí | haithrí | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithrige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithrí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫriġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Entries containing “aithrí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aithrí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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