aithesc
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *atisekʷom (compare Welsh ateb), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθʲəsk/, [aθʲesk]
Noun
aithesc n
- answer, reply
- Synonym: frecrae
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 35d3
- Is ed in-so a n-aithesc do·rat dia do Dauid.
- This is the answer that God gave to David.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51b10
- In tan as·mber Dauid “intellectum tibi dabo”, sech is arde són do·mbéra Día do neuch nod·n-eirbea ind ⁊ génas triit con·festar cid as imgabthi do dénum di ulc ⁊ cid as déinti dó di maith. Aithesc trá lesom insin a persin Dǽ.
- When David says, “I will give thee understanding”, that is a sign that God will give to everyone that will trust in him, and work through him, that he may know what evil he must avoid doing, and what good he must do. He has then here a reply in the person of God.
- message, announcement
- c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 1, pages 115-179:
- [...]di·choid de muldach Muire ingini iar compert din spirad naob la táscc ind aingil .i. la haithisc.
- ...which came from the head of the Virgin Mary when she conceived [Jesus] via the Holy Spirit at the angel [Gabriel]'s Annunciation, i.e. at [Gabriel's] announcement
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aithescN | aithescN | aithescL, aithesca |
| Vocative | aithescN | aithescN | aithescL, aithesca |
| Accusative | aithescN | aithescN | aithescL, aithesca |
| Genitive | aithiscL | aithesc | aithescN |
| Dative | aithescL | aithescaib | aithescaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: aitheasc
- Scottish Gaelic: aitheasg
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aithesc | unchanged | n-aithesc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 824, page 499
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 621
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