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aithrí
aithrí
Irish
Alternative forms
- aithrighe (superseded)
Noun
aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)
- penitence, penance, repentance (+ i (“for”))
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:
- ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
- conventional orthography: 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.
- conventional orthography: Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha.
- ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:
- mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
- conventional orthography: Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.
- Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.
- conventional orthography: Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte.
- mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:
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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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aithrí | n-aithrí | haithrí | t-aithrí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “aithrige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṫriġe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "aithrí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.