aithreachas

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈahəɾʲəxəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈæhɾʲaxəsˠ/[2]

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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲəxəs̪/

Noun

aithreachas m (genitive singular aithreachais, no plural)

  1. repentance, penitence, regret

Derived terms
  • neo-aithreachas m (“impenitence, obduracy, hardness of heart”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithreachas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithrechus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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