aite

See also: Aite

English

Interjection

aite

1. Alternative form of aight
   • 2018, DeMarcus Rogers, Chasing Faith, page 100:

     Aite then! After the game we will rap about getting you down to the gym so we can work.

   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[1], Hachette, →ISBN:

     I was like Aite, fasho, putting my hands up.

Irish

Adjective

aite

1. inflection of ait:
   1. genitive feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of aite

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aite	n-aite	haite	not applicable

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

Japanese

Romanization

aite

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいて

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• aitte

Etymology

From Old Irish aite, from Proto-Celtic *attyos, related to Welsh tâd, Breton tat. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatʲe/

Noun

aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

1. foster father
2. teacher
3. tutor

Declension

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aite	aiteL	aitiL
Vocative	aiti	aiteL	aitiu
Accusative	aiteN	aiteL	aitiuH
Genitive	aitiL	aiteL	aiteN
Dative	aitiuL	aitib	aitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: oide
• Manx: gedjey
• Scottish Gaelic: oide

See also

• muimme

Mutation

Mutation of aite

radical	lenition	nasalization
aite	unchanged	n-aite

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Rotokas

Noun

aite

1. father
2. uncle (mother's sister's husband)
3. uncle (father's brother)

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[2], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 3

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French aitre, from Latin ātrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛt/

Noun

aite f (plural aites)

1. cemetery
2. parvis