Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aegaire, from Old Irish augaire, from a combination of Proto-Celtic *owis (sheep) (see Old Irish ) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (flock, herd) (see Ancient Greek ἀγείρω, ἀγορά (ageírō, agorá, meeting place, market)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)

  1. herdsman, pastor, shepherd
  2. pastor (ecclesiastical)

Derived terms

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  • aoghaireil (pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd)
  • aoghaireach (pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd)

Mutation

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

References

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MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aoghaire”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN