"aite" meaning in Old Irish

See aite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈatʲe]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *attyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy. Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*attyos}} Proto-Celtic *attyos, {{inh|sga|ine-pro|*átta||father}} Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), {{m+|ga|oide}} Irish oide, {{m+|en|daddy}} English daddy Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|aiti|||||||nominative plural|aiti||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti), {{sga-noun|m|aiti|aiti}} aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-io-masc|ait}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=aite+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=aitiu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=aite+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=io-m|dat_du=aitib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=aitib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=aitiu+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=aite+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=aite+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=aiti+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=aite+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=aiti+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=aite|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=aite+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=aitiu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=aiti|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: aiti [genitive], aiti [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aite [nominative, singular], aite [dual, nominative], aiti [nominative, plural], aiti [singular, vocative], aite [dual, vocative], aitiu [plural, vocative], aite [accusative, singular], aite [accusative, dual], aitiu [accusative, plural], aiti [genitive, singular], aite [dual, genitive], aite [genitive, plural], aitiu [dative, singular], aitib [dative, dual], aitib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], aite [error-unrecognized-form], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [error-unrecognized-form], n-aite [error-unrecognized-form], aitte [alternative]
  1. foster father Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-aite-sga-noun-hjCUxvoU Categories (other): Male family members, Parents Disambiguation of Male family members: 57 19 24 Disambiguation of Parents: 69 6 25
  2. teacher Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-aite-sga-noun-EFepYE4E Categories (other): Education, Occupations Disambiguation of Education: 0 55 45 Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 53 31
  3. tutor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-aite-sga-noun-A4dA75ga Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Education Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 33 22 45 Disambiguation of Education: 0 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: muimme

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "oide"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: oide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: oide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "gedjey"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: gedjey",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: gedjey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "oide"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: oide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: oide"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*attyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *attyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*átta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "oide"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish oide",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "daddy"
      },
      "expansion": "English daddy",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *attyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-io-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-aite",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "aiti",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "aiti",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "aiti",
        "3": "aiti"
      },
      "expansion": "aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ait"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-io-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "aite+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "aitiu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "aite+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "io-m",
        "dat_du": "aitib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "aitib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "aitiu+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "aite+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "aite+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "aiti+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "aite+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "aiti+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "aite",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "aite+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "aitiu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "aiti",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "muimme"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 19 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "sga:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "sga:Parents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foster father"
      ],
      "id": "en-aite-sga-noun-hjCUxvoU",
      "links": [
        [
          "foster",
          "foster"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "sga:Education",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 53 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "sga:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teacher"
      ],
      "id": "en-aite-sga-noun-EFepYE4E",
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 22 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "sga:Education",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tutor"
      ],
      "id": "en-aite-sga-noun-A4dA75ga",
      "links": [
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈatʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aite"
}

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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine io-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish masculine nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sga:Education",
    "sga:Male family members",
    "sga:Occupations",
    "sga:Parents"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "oide"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: oide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: oide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "gedjey"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: gedjey",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: gedjey"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "oide"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: oide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: oide"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*attyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *attyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*átta",
        "4": "",
        "5": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "oide"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish oide",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "daddy"
      },
      "expansion": "English daddy",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *attyos, from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), ultimately a nursery word. The d in Modern Irish oide may be due to the influence of English daddy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-io-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiti",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitiu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aite",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-aite",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aitte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "aiti",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "aiti",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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        "3": "aiti"
      },
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ait"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-io-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "aite+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "aitiu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "aite+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "io-m",
        "dat_du": "aitib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "aitib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "aitiu+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "aite+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "aite+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "aiti+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "aite+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "aiti+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "aite",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "aite+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "aitiu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "aiti",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "muimme"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foster father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foster",
          "foster"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "teacher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teacher",
          "teacher"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tutor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tutor",
          "tutor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈatʲe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aite"
}

Download raw JSONL data for aite meaning in Old Irish (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: aite/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "aite"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aite",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "aite"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aite",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "aite"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "aite",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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