aiseag

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aisec (“act of restoring, giving back; restitution, restoration; a purge, vomit”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃəɡ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæʃək/

Noun

aiseag m (genitive as substantive aisig, genitive as verbal noun aiseagtha)

1. verbal noun of aisig
2. restoration, restitution
3. vomit, emetic
4. (finance) returns

Declension

As substantive

Declension of aiseag

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiseag Vocative a aisig Genitive aisig Dative aiseag

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aiseag Genitive an aisig Dative leis an aiseag don aiseag

As verbal noun

Declension of aiseag

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aiseag Vocative a aiseag Genitive aiseagtha Dative aiseag

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aiseag Genitive an aiseagtha Dative leis an aiseag don aiseag

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiseag	n-aiseag	haiseag	t-aiseag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aiseag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aisec (“act of restoring, giving back; restitution, restoration; a purge, vomit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃək/

Noun

aiseag m (genitive singular aiseig, plural aiseagan)

1. ferry

   thèid mi a-null thar an aiseig ― I'll go over on the ferry

2. deliverance
3. return
4. vomit

Derived terms

• alt-aiseig (“linkspan”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aiseag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language