aiste
See also: Aistė
Estonian
Noun
aiste
- genitive plural of ais
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aiste (“characteristic, special quality, peculiarity; metre”), possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”).
Noun
aiste f or m (genitive singular aiste, nominative plural aistí)
- quirk, peculiarity
- knack; odd talent
- manner, way
- state, condition
- (literary) essay, composition
- (poetry) metre, scansion
- pattern, scheme
Declension
Declension of aiste
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aisteach
- aiste bia
- aiste cheoil
- aiste filíochta
- aiste mheadarachta
- aiste ríme
- aiste scoile
Pronoun
aiste (emphatic aistese)
- Alternative form of aisti
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aiste | n-aiste | haiste | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʃtʲə/
- Hyphenation: ais‧te
Etymology 1
From Old Irish aiste, possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”). Cognate with Irish aiste.
Noun
aiste f (plural aistean)
- composition, essay
- poem
- ingenuity
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish eiste, from Old Irish essi. Cognates include Irish aisti and Manx assjee.
Pronoun
aiste
- third-person singular feminine of à: from her, from it
Inflection
Personal inflection of à | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | asam | asamsa | ||||||
2nd | asad | asadsa | |||||||
3rd m | às | às-san | |||||||
3rd f | aiste | aistese | |||||||
Plural | 1st | asainn | asainne | ||||||
2nd | asaibh | asaibhse | |||||||
3rd | asta | astasan |
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aiste | n-aiste | h-aiste | t-aiste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “aiste”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003), “à” and “aiste”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 2, 28