aithneach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish aithnech (“wise, knowing”), from Old Irish aithgne (“act of knowing, recognising, perceiving; knowledge, recognition, perception”), verbal noun of ad·gnin (“know, recognize; perceive, be aware of, understand”); synchronically, aithne (“recognition”) or aithin (“know, recognize”) +‎ -ach. === Adjective === aithneach (genitive singular masculine aithnigh, genitive singular feminine aithní, plural aithneacha, comparative aithní) quick to recognize, discerning knowing, wise ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aithneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language