O. Ir. aithgne. io, n. Later f., and g
s. also
aichinte,
PH 2910
.
aithennta,
ZCP vi 276.32
(infl. by 3 aithnid).
Vn. of ad-gnin,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 546
.
IGT Verbs § 54
.
(a)
act of knowing, recognising, perceiving; knowledge,
recognition, perception:
do aithgniu ┐ etarcnu dǽ treu,
Ml.
42b13
. ar is hé as eola fri aidgne ind athar (gl. missit Deus
Spiritum Filii sui in corda uestra),
Wb. 19d9
. do thudidin do
menman do aidgniu gl. quoniam benignitas Dei ad penitentiam te adducit,
1c15
.
aithgne et adrad,
1b13
.
cin sula, di
aithniu no foircsiu (leg. -in?) mignima,
Laws i 238.14
.
as
ionad anma d'a.¤
,
Anecd. ii 22 § 4
. ┐ iat ic aichne a n-inaid
catha do congbail for they knew that their place of battle was
being kept,
CCath. 6143
. cen aithgne a litri có sin without
knowing his letters,
Trip.² 97
.
a.¤ reanna ┐ úaithne ┐ úama,
IGT Introd. 2.19
. robo dibreite aichne . . . in Baibiloin da
togail it was inconceivable that B. should be destroyed,
BB
6b53
. lucht aichinte Isu
those who knew Jesus,
PH 2910
.
gin gur ghabhuis a.¤ uaim-si as reil dait though you weren't
told by me,
RC xliii 42 § 39
.
do thaobh eólais is aithni,
O'R. Poems 1202
. triur as lia iul is a.¤
(of the Trinity).
DDána 25.6
.
a.¤ thoile Dé,
Parrth. Anma 3306
.
aos aitheanta
ar gceirdi-ni,
Content. xxii 17 note
. dom a.¤
to my knowledge,
Aithd. D. 16.38
.
Content. xviii 67
.
Less commonly with follg. AR: beas is mísí is olc aichní ar
Isac perhaps it is I who do not know I. properly,
BB 236b21
,
do reir ar n-aithni-ne ar Conn as far as we know C.,
ML² 1426
.
Cf. a.¤ ar chur ┐ ar chosg réime knowing about,
IGT Introd.
2.6
.
dlighidh a.¤ iomurbhádha . . . ┐ ar bhráithribh . . .
dísbeaguidh,
2.30
.
Used like 3 aithnid: nī ha.¤ dhamh dhīobh díogha I know
no refuse among them,
O'R. Poems 3161
. a.¤ dhamh go
bhfaghair . . . I know that you find . . .,
Luc. Fid. 301.7
.
Transfd. of persons: an tú m'a.¤
`are you my acquaintance?'
Ir. Review 1912, 378 § 1
. ní mé bhur n-a.¤
`he whom you
know',
Studies 1922, 245 § 1
=
Dánta Gr. 47.1
. bhur na.¤ ┐
bhur neamha.¤
those of you who are known etc.,
CRR² 13
.
cabair . . . a carat na a lan-a.¤
, `intimate acquaintances',
MR
238.16
. Cf. mo dhaoine aitheanta
acquaintances
,
TSh. 4252
(3 aithnid?).
Transfd. meaning that by which something may be recognized;
characteristic: caide ém aichne rinnairde?
Fél. 4.26
.
is si a.¤
na tunataide,
Laws iii 98.2 Comm.
cair caide airceand? .i.
comaircim caiti a.¤ na aircinde itir,
iv 138.y Comm.
(b) In more active sense of coming to recognise or getting to
know:
cloc focain cethra .i. . . . fo braigit dia n-a.¤
,
Laws i
142.15 Comm.
secht ndoirsi fora thichthe / ind laich nar
hannsa d'aichne,
Rawl. 87a11
.
coná baí aithgne neich sech
alaile díb,
TBFr. 271
. ní ermadair . . . aichne adnacail a
maicc she was unable to recognise,
Trip.² 1441
.
báttar iaramh
ag a.¤ ┐ ag adhnacal a ccaomh ┐ a ccarat,
AFM v 1646.27
.
doním tar muir d'a.¤ uaim / a ghruaidh,
Rel. Celt. ii 242.23
.
ar eagla h'aithennta for fear of being recognized,
ZCP vi 276.32
.
ar n-a.¤ Donnchaidh dhóibh,
IGT Decl. ex. 670
. With vb.
and AR, FOR: saig aithgne forru try to recognise them,
IT i
144.24
. atnaigh in ingen aichne fair conar bé Ailill the girl
recognized that he was not A.,
IT i 126.9
(
TE § 12
Eg.).
sáilim a.¤ ar an guth nglan / gan cruth a aighte d'ḟégadh I
think I recognize (him) by his clear voice,
Prolegomena 44 § 16
.
míorbhuile máthar Íosa / iomdha fear fhuair a n-a.¤
got to
know them,
DDána 10.39
.
In phr. beirid (somet. do-beir) aithniu (d
s.) with follg.
accus. or clause
recognizes, realizes, gets to know: ni beram
achni (= achniu) aní sin we know nothing of that,
LU 10100
(
Imr. Brain 64
). aralégda (leg. araléga edd.) inda libra ar a
mbelaib combo moude ronduca athgnu `let him read the books
before them, so that he may gain the more knowledge of them(?)',
Mon. Tall. 160.z (§ 79)
. tresaní nad rucis aithgnu since thou
didst not recognize him,
Ériu ii 222.15
. na ber aichne, ar bid
fír recognize it, for it will be true,
Alex. 835
(with inf. pron.
3 s. n., no bera, v.l.).
tuc an ingin a.¤ gurbh'e righ Erenn do bí
ann,
Ériu iii 152 § 6
. tucsad Gaill aichne cur' fír sin `perceived',
RC xviii 299.4
(Tig.) du-s-rad a.¤ gur `he knew that',
Fl. Earls 52.18
. Note also:
aenoclach . . . m'a.¤ doberudh go
becht,
Prolegomena 44 § 15
.
Do-beir a.¤
for
recognizes
(of persons and things only):
dobéra imorro cach duine thall aich[ne] for araile iar n-esergi,
LU 2661
. sí sin aichni do-biur-sa forru that is what I recognize
them for,
TBC-LL¹ 1247
.
as é sin do ber a.¤ ar galar in duine,
5508
.
ní tucsatt . . . na manaig aichne for Colmán,
BColm.
80.25
.
ní thuc . . . a ech a.¤ ar a hechlais,
IGT Decl. ex.
555
. léicid aithne co
reveals one's identity to:
ro léacceas m'aithne chuicce,
Acall. (Leabh. ó Laimhsgr.) iii 71.17.
do leig a aithne chuca,
Smaointe B. Chr. 5219
(seipsum eis revelat).
(c)
recognition (in sense of recognition of a poet by his
patron), generosity:
an dáonnacht 's an deagha.¤
,
O'R. Poems
71
.
fear a.¤ na healadhna / urradh is fhearr le a cheathra,
1075
. nár dhamh . . . / gan mh'a.¤ dod ghruaidh ghairthe (of a
poet),
Aithd. D. 46.1
.
benacht chugaibh . . . ar son na ha.¤
do-rin[n] sibh ar an dan so,
Mackinnon Cat. 117.14
. tug
séala athanta ar shleachtaibh . . . `recognition's seal',
Ó Bruad.
i 204 xvii
.
(d) With subj. gen.: ba maith . . . enech ┐ aichne na mná
generosity(?),
LB 129a29
. Cf. as é . . . bud ferr i[n] aichni 'na
einech (.i. bud fer ri aichni .i. ingne inntlechta) `whose wit
was clearest in his countenance',
RC xxiv 46 § 3
. fear h' a.¤ si
a man with your knowledge,
Oss. v 26.7
.