aigéan
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aigéan m (genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)
- ocean
- Synonym: farraige mhór
Declension edit
Declension of aigéan
(oceans) aigéan; Aigéan Antartach, Aigéan Artach, Aigéan Atlantach, Aigéan Indiach, Aigéan Ciúin (Category: ga:Oceans) [edit]
Derived terms edit
- aigéanach (“oceanic”, adjective)
- aigéaneolaíoch (“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
- aigéaneolaíocht f (“oceanography”)
- aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
- Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, adjective)
- Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, noun)
- An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
- An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)
- An tAigéan Atlantach (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
- An tAigéan Ciúin, An Ciúin-Aigéan (“the Pacific Ocean”)
- An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aigéan | n-aigéan | haigéan | t-aigéan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aigéan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aigéan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.