aithesc

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *atisekʷom (compare Welsh ateb), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (to say).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaθʲəsk/, [ˈaθʲesk]

Noun

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aithesc n

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: aitheasc
  • Scottish Gaelic: aitheasg

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aithesc
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aithesc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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