See also: áigu and àigù

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French aigu, agu, from Old French agu, from Latin acūtus (sharp); related to English acute. The original Old French result was (preserved in the toponym Montheu < Latin Mons acutus (sharp mountain)), which was likely modified into the form agu based on the Latin, and then influenced by words like aigre, or aiguiser, as with aiguille.

Doublet of acut.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡy/, /e.ɡy/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

aigu (feminine aiguë or aigüe, masculine plural aigus, feminine plural aiguës or aigües)

  1. sharp, pointy
  2. (of intelligence) acute, keen, discerning
  3. (of sound) sharp, loud and high-pitched
  4. (medicine) acute
  5. (mathematics, of an angle) acute
  6. (linguistics, of an accent) acute
  7. (phonetics) front

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Norwegian Bokmål: aigu

Further reading edit

Livvi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *aika. Cognates include Finnish aika and Karelian aika.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

aigu

  1. time
  2. (grammar) tense

Declension edit

Declension of aigu (Type 3/jalgu, ig-ij gradation)
singular plural
nominative aigu aijat
genitive aijan aijoin
partitive aigua aigoi
illative aigah aigoih
inessive aijas aijois
elative aijaspäi aijoispäi
allative aijale aijoile
adessive aijal aijoil
ablative aijalpäi aijoilpäi
translative aijakse aijoikse
essive aijannu aijoinnu
abessive aijattah aijoittah
comitative aijanke aijoinke
instructive aijoin
prolative aijači

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[1] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “aigu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French aigu (sharp, acute), from Middle French aigu, agu (sharp), from Old French agu, from Latin acūtus (sharpened, spicy, subtle), perfect passive participle of acuō (I sharpen, put an acute accent on), from acus (needle, pin; bodkin), from Proto-Italic *akus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus, from *h₂eḱ- (sharp).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

aigu m (definite singular aiguen, indefinite plural aiguer, definite plural aiguene)

  1. Only used in accent aigu (acute accent)

References edit

  • “aigu” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • aigu” in Store norske leksikon