Old Irish

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. The future stem is from Proto-Celtic *ɸiblāseti (earlier *ɸiɸlāseti, reduplicated future of *ɸalnati, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (to drive) (compare Latin pellō).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

aigid (conjunct ·aig, verbal noun án or aige)

  1. to drive
  2. to celebrate, hold festivities

Conjugation

edit

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit

Mutation

edit
Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
aigid
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-aigid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

edit