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”)

Related terms

• aithne
• dearbh-aithne

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9