aig

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ek/

Etymology

Old Irish oc

Preposition

aig

1. At, by, near, close by.

   Tha am balach na laighe aig an taigh. - The boy is lying at the house.

   A bheil iad aig an taigh? - Are they at home?

2. In somebody's possession.

   Bha dithis mhac aig an duine. - The man had two sons.

3. On account of.

   aig meud aigheir - on account of his excessive joy

Usage notes

• Scottish Gaelic doesn't have a verb equivalent to English have: possession is expressed using the preposition aig.

  Tha càr ùr aig an teaghlach. - The family has a new car. (literally A new car is at the family.)

• Aig combines with personal pronouns to form prepositional pronouns. See Derived forms below.
• The word aig and its derivates are also often used to express possession attributively instead of possessive pronouns:

  mo thaigh = an taigh agam = my house (literally the house at me)

Derived terms

• ag
• a'
• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	agam	agamsa
tu	agad	agadsa
e	aige	aigesan
i	aice	aicese
sinn	againn	againne
sibh	agaibh	agaibhse
iad	aca	acasan

References

• The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Birlinn Limited, 1901-1911, Compiled by Edward Dwelly)
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)