éist

See also: eist and èist

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish éistid, éitsid (“to listen”),[1] from Old Irish in·túaisi (“to listen”).[2] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic èist and Manx eaisht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːʃtʲ/

Verb

éist (present analytic éisteann, future analytic éistfidh, verbal noun éisteacht, past participle éiste)

  1. (intransitive) listen [with le ‘to’], hear [with le]
  2. (transitive, law) hear (a case in court)
  3. attend (give consideration) [with le ‘to’]

Inflection

Conjugation of éist (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present éistim éisteann tú;
éistir† 		éisteann sé, sí éistimid; éisteann muid éisteann sibh éisteann siad;
éistid† 		a éisteann; a éisteas éistear
past d'éist mé; d'éisteas /
éist mé‡; éisteas‡ 		d'éist tú; d'éistis /
éist tú‡; éistis‡ 		d'éist sé, sí /
éist sé, sí‡ 		d'éisteamar; d'éist muid /
éisteamar‡; éist muid‡ 		d'éist sibh; d'éisteabhair /
éist sibh‡;
éisteabhair‡ 		d'éist siad; d'éisteadar /
éist siad‡; éisteadar‡ 		a d'éist éisteadh;
héisteadh†
past habitual d'éistinn /
éistinn‡ 		d'éisteá /
éisteᇠ		d'éisteadh sé, sí /
éisteadh sé, sí‡ 		d'éistimis; d'éisteadh muid /
éistimis‡; éisteadh muid‡ 		d'éisteadh sibh /
éisteadh sibh‡ 		d'éistidís; d'éisteadh siad /
éistidís‡; éisteadh siad‡ 		a d'éisteadh d'éistí /
éistí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future éistfidh mé;
éistfead 		éistfidh tú;
éistfir† 		éistfidh sé, sí éistfimid;
éistfidh muid 		éistfidh sibh éistfidh siad;
éistfid† 		a éistfidh; a éistfeas éistfear
conditional d'éistfinn /
éistfinn‡ 		d'éistfeá /
éistfeᇠ		d'éistfeadh sé, sí /
éistfeadh sé, sí‡ 		d'éistfimis; d'éistfeadh muid /
éistfimis‡; éistfeadh muid‡ 		d'éistfeadh sibh /
éistfeadh sibh‡ 		d'éistfidís; d'éistfeadh siad /
éistfidís‡; éistfeadh siad‡ 		a d'éistfeadh d'éistfí /
éistfí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go n-éiste mé;
go n-éistead† 		go n-éiste tú;
go n-éistir† 		go n-éiste sé, sí go n-éistimid;
go n-éiste muid 		go n-éiste sibh go n-éiste siad;
go n-éistid† 		— go n-éistear
past dá n-éistinn dá n-éisteá dá n-éisteadh sé, sí dá n-éistimis;
dá n-éisteadh muid 		dá n-éisteadh sibh dá n-éistidís;
dá n-éisteadh siad 		— dá n-éistí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— éistim éist éisteadh sé, sí éistimis éistigí;
éistidh† 		éistidís — éistear
past participle éiste
verbal noun éisteacht

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of éist
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éist n-éist héist not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éistid, éitsid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “in·túaisi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

éist (past dh'éist, future éistidh, verbal noun éisteachd, past participle éiste)

  1. superseded spelling of èist

Mutation

Mutation of éist
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éist n-éist h-éist t-éist

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

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