aige

See also: āigē and -aige

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.
From ag (“to”) +‎ é (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɟɛ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/, /ˈɛɟ/

Pronoun

aige (emphatic aigesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of ag: at him, at it m

Preposition

aige (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Munster form of ag

Alternative forms

• aiges (before na)

Etymology 2

Noun

aige f (genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)

1. Alternative form of uige (“woven fabric, web; thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze; composition, poem”)

Declension

Declension of aige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aige aigí Vocative a aige a aigí Genitive aige aigí Dative aige aigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aige na haigí Genitive na haige na n-aigí Dative leis an aige don aige leis na haigí

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

References

• 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

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Old French

Noun

aige m (oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)

1. Alternative form of aage

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkʲə/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ge

Pronoun

aige

1. third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it

   Chan eil fhios aige. ― He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)

Inflection

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

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language