aiste

See also: Aistė

Estonian

Noun

aiste

  1. genitive plural of ais

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑʃtʲə/, /ˈaʃtʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aiste (“special quality, peculiarity”),[2] possibly from Latin essentia (“essence, being”).

Noun

aiste f or m (genitive singular aiste, nominative plural aistí)

  1. (literary or academic) essay, composition
Declension
Declension of aiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aiste aistí
Vocative a aiste a aistí
Genitive aiste aistí
Dative aiste aistí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an aiste na haistí
Genitive na haiste na n-aistí
Dative leis an aiste

don aiste

 leis na haistí
Derived terms

Pronoun

aiste (emphatic aistese)

  1. Alternative form of aisti

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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)

  1. composition, essay
  2. poem
  3. ingenuity

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish eiste, from Old Irish essi. Cognates include Irish aisti and Manx assjee.

Pronoun

aiste

  1. third-person singular feminine of à: from her, from it
Inflection
Personal inflection of à
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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aisten-aisteh-aistet-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
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