aisteach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aisdeach (dated)
- aistíoch
Adjective
aisteach (genitive singular masculine aistigh, genitive singular feminine aistí, plural aisteacha, comparative aistí)
- peculiar, queer, strange, unusual; wonderful, surprising
- Synonym: aistiúil
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
- n̄ax æšcəx ə šḱēl ē?
- [Nach aisteach an scéal é?]
- Isn’t that a strange story?
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
- tā šē rī æšcəx gə mĭøx n̥ ȷīnēr xō ȷeŕnəx.
- [Tá sé rí-aisteach go mbeadh an dinnéar chomh deireanach.]
- It’s very strange that dinner would be so late.
- droll
- Synonym: aistiúil
Declension
Derived terms
- aisteachas m (“queerness; drollery”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 19
- Entries containing “aisteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aisteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aisteach | n-aisteach | haisteach | 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), “aistech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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