aithrí

• aithrighe (superseded)

From Middle Irish aithrige, from Old Irish aithirge, the verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“to improve”), from ath- + ar- + Proto-Celtic *regeti (compare at·reig (“to rise”)).

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /aɾʲˈhiː/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæhɾʲi/[1]

aithrí f (genitive singular aithrí)

1. penitence, penance, repentance [+ i (for)]
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:

     ńī ʒau ēn fȧkəx gə nə flȧhəš gon æŕī ə jīnə n-ə xørəxī.

     Ní ghabhfaidh aon pheacach do na flaithis gan aithrí a dhéanamh ina choireacha. (conventional orthography)

     No sinner will go to heaven without doing penance for his sins.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 28:

     mar ə ńīnə myȷ æŕī ə n-r̥ bȧkī, tā myȷ əŕ fad kāĺcə.

     Mara ndéanfaidh muid aithrí inár bpeacaí, tá muid ar fad caillte. (conventional orthography)

     Unless we do penance for your sins, we are all lost.

• aithríoch (“penitent”, adjective)
• aithríoch m (“penitent”)
• sagart aithrí m (“penitentiary”) (priest)
• oifig aithrí f (“penitentiary”) (papal office)

• aithreachas m (“repentance, regret”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aithrí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithrige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aiṫriġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
• Entries containing “aithrí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aithrí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.