againn
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish ocainn, acainn, ocaind, from Old Irish ocunn.
PronunciationEdit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /əˈɡɪnʲ/, /əˈɣɪnʲ/[1]
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈaɡən̠ʲ/, /æ(ː)n̠ʲ/[2] (corresponding to the form ’ainn)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /əˈɡɪn̠ʲ/[3]
PronounEdit
againn (emphatic againne)
- first-person plural of ag: at us
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94
- ^ Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish ocainn, from Old Irish ocunn. Cognates include Irish againn and Manx ain.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
againn
- first-person plural of aig: at us
- Tha bàta againn. ― We have a boat. (literally, “A boat is at us.”)
InflectionEdit
| Personal inflection of aig | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | agam | agamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | agad | agadsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | aige | aigesan | |||||||
| 3rd f | aice | aicese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | againn | againne | ||||||
| 2nd | agaibh | agaibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | aca | acasan | |||||||
ReferencesEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language