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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
but the root vowel and meaning are both unfavourable to this etymology.
aisearan, weanling (Argyle); from ais?
aisg, a request (Sh.), E. Ir. ascid; *ad-skv-, root seq., as in sgeul, q.v.
aisgeir, a ridge of high mountains, Ir. eiscir, aisgeir (Lh. for latter); *ad-sker-(?), as in Eng. skerry, G. sgeir, q.v. Cf. W. esgair (Meyer).
aisig, restore, so Ir., E. Ir. assec; possibly=*as-ic, "out-bring", ic=enl; see thig, come.
aisir, aisridh, path; see astar.
aisith, strife; as-sìth, as-, privative, and sìth, q.v.
aisling, a vision, dream, so Ir., O. Ir. aislinge; possibly *ex-líng-ia, "a jump out of one-self, ec-stasy", the root being leng of leum, q.v. Nigra suggested the root sil, or sell of seall, see, q.v.; he divided the word as as-sil-inge, Stokes as ad-sell-angia (Beiträge, Vol. VIII)
aisneis, rehearsing, tattle, E. Ir. same, O. Ir. áisndís; aisnédim, I relate; (as-ind-fiad-im, O. Ir. in-fiadim, I relate); fiad=veid, know; see innis; root vet, Lat. veto (Stokes), but this does not account for í of O. Ir. aisndís.
aisteach, a diverting fellow, Ir. aisdeach, witty:
ait, glad, Ir., E. Ir. ait, O. Ir. ait, euge! adverbium optantis:
àite, a place, Ir., E. Ir. áit. Possibly Celtic pōd-ti, *panti? root pōd, ped, Lat. oppidum, Gr. πέδον, ground, Skr. padám, place; as in eadh, q.v. Stokes has referred áit to the root that appears in Ger. ort, place, Norse oddr, O. Eng. ord, point, Teutonic uzd-, I. E. uzdh-; but this in Gaelic would give ud or od.
àiteag, a shy girl, see faiteach.
aiteal, breeze, ray, small portion. In the sense of "ray", cf. Gr. ἀκτίς, ray; in the sense of "quantulum", it may be divided as ad-tel, O. Br. attal, an equivalent, root tel, weight, money; see tuarasdal. actualis?
aiteam, a people, a tribe (Arms.):
aiteamh, a thaw; *aith-tā-m, W. toddi, melt; Lat. tabes; Gr. τήκω, melt; Eng. thaw. The Ir. word is tionadh (O. Ir. tinaid, evanescit), Manx tennue, the root of which is ten, Lat. tener, Eng. thin.
aith-, "re-"; see ath-.
aitheamh, fathom, O.W. atem, filum; *(p)etemâ; Eng. fathom; I. E. pet, extend, Lat. pateo, etc.
aithinne, fire-brand, Ir., O. Ir. aithinne: *aith-tén-io-? Root of teine? The root and, kindle, as in O. Ir. andud, accendere,
