See also: ait, aitt, AIT, áitt, -ait, and -áit

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish áitt (place, situation, position).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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áit f (genitive singular áite, nominative plural áiteanna or áiteacha)

  1. place, area
    ó áit go háitfrom place to place
  2. space, room
  3. holding
  4. situation, circumstances

For quotations using this term, see Citations:áit.

Declension

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Declension of áit (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative áit áiteanna
vocative a áit a áiteanna
genitive áite áiteanna
dative áit áiteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an áit na háiteanna
genitive na háite na n-áiteanna
dative leis an áit
don áit
leis na háiteanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of áit
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áit n-áit háit not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áitt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 126, page 67
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 19
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 77, page 33
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 227

Further reading

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  • áit”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “áit”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 20
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “áit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN