-aigh
See also: àigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- -igh (slender version)
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-aigh
- broad variant of -igh
- Suffix used to form verbs from nouns; semi-productive in modern Irish.
Usage notes
edit- Affixed verbs ending in -aigh form a sizeable number of second-conjugation verbs. Almost all verbs in -aigh are polysyllabic, making them almost exclusively second conjugation.