aige
IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.
From ag (“to”) + é (“he”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
aige (emphatic aigesean)
PrepositionEdit
aige (plus dative, triggers no mutation)
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
aige f (genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)
- Alternative form of uige (“woven fabric, web; thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze; composition, poem”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of aige
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aige | n-aige | haige | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aigdhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 194.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
aige m (oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)
- Alternative form of aage
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
aige
- third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it
- Chan eil fhios aige. ― He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)
InflectionEdit
Personal inflection of aig | |||||||||
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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