aighear

Irish

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir)

1. Alternative form of oighear (“ice”)

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir)

1. Alternative form of oighear (“sore produced by chafing or cold, windgall; irritation”)

Declension

Declension of aighear

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aighear Vocative a aighir Genitive aighir Dative aighear

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aighear Genitive an aighir Dative leis an aighear don aighear

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aighear	n-aighear	haighear	t-aighear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aighear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

According to MacBain, possibly borrowed from Latin aer. Otherwise, probably from the same root as gàirdeachas (“joy, gladness, pleasure”).

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir, no plural)

1. delight, joy, merriment

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aighear	n-aighear	h-aighear	t-aighear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.