aistriú

Irish

Alternative forms

aistriughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish aistriugad (“act of moving; moving about”), verbal noun of aistrigid (“causes to move, brings; travels”). By surface analysis, aistrigh +‎ -ú.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /aʃˈtʲɾʲuː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃtʲɾʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃtʲɾʲu/

Noun

aistriú m (genitive singular aistrithe, nominative plural aistrithe)

verbal noun of aistrigh (“move, transfer, translate; switch, exchange; transpose; journey, travel; relocate, transplant”)
switch; removal, transfer
transposition
translation

Declension

Declension of aistriú

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aistriú	aistrithe
Vocative	a aistriú	a aistrithe
Genitive	aistrithe	aistriú
Dative	aistriú	aistrithe

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aistriú	na haistrithe
Genitive	an aistrithe	na n-aistriú
Dative	leis an aistriú don aistriú	leis na haistrithe

Derived terms

aistriú saor m (“free translation”)
aistriú gan ullmhú m (“translation at sight”)
aistriúchán m (“translation”)
mí-aistriú m (“mistranslation”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aistriú	n-aistriú	haistriú	t-aistriú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.