# aitheasc
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish aithesc n (“answer; message; utterance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈahəsˠk/

### Noun

aitheasc m (genitive singular aithisc, nominative plural aithisc)
* verbal noun of aitheasc (“address; exhort; apostrophize”)
* address, allocution, oration, speech
* exhortation, homily, sermon
* (rhetoric) apostrophe

#### Declension

First declension

#### Synonyms

* (apostrophe): apastróf

### Verb

aitheasc (present analytic aitheascann, future analytic aitheascfaidh, verbal noun aitheasc, past participle aitheasctha)
* (transitive) address (court, etc.)
* (transitive) exhort
* (transitive) apostrophize

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | aitheascaim | aitheascann tú; aitheascair$^†$ | aitheascann sé, sí | aitheascaimid | aitheascann sibh | aitheascann siad; aitheascaid$^†$ | a aitheascann; a aitheascas / a n-aitheascann* | aitheasctar |
| indicative | past | d'aitheasc mé; d'aitheascas / aitheasc mé‡; aitheascas‡ | d'aitheasc tú; d'aitheascais / aitheasc tú‡; aitheascais‡ | d'aitheasc sé, sí / aitheasc sé, sí‡ | d'aitheascamar; d'aitheasc muid / aitheascamar‡; aitheasc muid‡ | d'aitheasc sibh; d'aitheascabhair / aitheasc sibh‡; aitheascabhair‡ | d'aitheasc siad; d'aitheascadar / aitheasc siad; aitheascadar‡ | a d'aitheasc / ar aitheasc* | aitheascadh; haitheascadh$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'aitheascainn / aitheascainn‡; n-aitheascainn‡‡ | d'aitheasctá / aitheasctá‡; n-aitheasctá‡‡ | d'aitheascadh sé, sí / aitheascadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'aitheascaimis; d'aitheascadh muid / aitheascaimis‡; aitheascadh muid‡; n-aitheascaimis‡‡; n-aitheascadh muid‡‡ | d'aitheascadh sibh / aitheascadh sibh‡; n-aitheascadh sibh‡‡ | d'aitheascaidís; d'aitheascadh siad / aitheascaidís‡; aitheascadh siad‡; n-aitheascaidís‡‡; n-aitheascadh siad‡‡ | a d'aitheascadh / a n-aitheascadh* | d'aitheasctaí / aitheasctaí‡; n-aitheasctaí‡‡ |
| future | future | aitheascfaidh mé; aitheascfad | aitheascfaidh tú; aitheascfair$^†$ | aitheascfaidh sé, sí | aitheascfaimid; aitheascfaidh muid | aitheascfaidh sibh | aitheascfaidh siad; aitheascfaid$^†$ | a aitheascfaidh; a aitheascfas / a n-aitheascfaidh* | aitheascfar |
| conditional | conditional | d'aitheascfainn / aitheascfainn‡; n-aitheascfainn‡‡ | d'aitheascfá / aitheascfá‡; n-aitheascfá‡‡ | d'aitheascfadh sé, sí / aitheascfadh sé, sí‡; n-aitheascfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'aitheascfaimis; d'aitheascfadh muid / aitheascfaimis‡; aitheascfadh muid‡; n-aitheascfaimis‡‡; n-aitheascfadh muid‡‡ | d'aitheascfadh sibh / aitheascfadh sibh‡; n-aitheascfadh sibh‡‡ | d'aitheascfaidís; d'aitheascfadh siad / aitheascfaidís‡; aitheascfadh siad‡; n-aitheascfaidís‡‡; n-aitheascfadh siad‡‡ | a d'aitheascfadh / a n-aitheascfadh* | d'aitheascfaí / aitheascfaí‡; n-aitheascfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go n-aitheasca mé; go n-aitheascad$^†$ | go n-aitheasca tú; go n-aitheascair$^†$ | go n-aitheasca sé, sí | go n-aitheascaimid; go n-aitheasca muid | go n-aitheasca sibh | go n-aitheasca siad; go n-aitheascaid$^†$ | — | go n-aitheasctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá n-aitheascainn | dá n-aitheasctá | dá n-aitheascadh sé, sí | dá n-aitheascaimis; dá n-aitheascadh muid | dá n-aitheascadh sibh | dá n-aitheascaidís; dá n-aitheascadh siad | — | dá n-aitheasctaí |
| imperative | imperative | aitheascaim | aitheasc | aitheascadh sé, sí | aitheascaimis | aitheascaigí; aitheascaidh$^†$ | aitheascaidís | — | aitheasctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc | aitheasc |
| past participle | past participle | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha | aitheasctha |
*indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

#### Synonyms

* (exhortation, homily, sermon): homaile, seanmóir
* (address, oration, speech): óráid

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aitheasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language