aithneachadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • aithneachdan (Sutherland)

Noun

aithneachadh m (genitive singular aithneachaidh, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of aithnich (“know, recognise; feel; discern, perceive; have sexual intercourse”)
  2. knowing, recognition, discerning, identification
  3. what is discernible
  4. slight degree

Derived terms
  • do-aithneachadh (“not easily known”, adjective)
  • so-aithneachadh (“easily recognised”, adjective)
  • roimh-aithneachadh m (“foreknowing; act of foreknowing, anticipation”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “aithneachadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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