agh
English edit
Interjection edit
agh
- An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration
Anagrams edit
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agh f (plural ahow)
Interjection edit
agh!
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).
Noun edit
agh f or m (genitive singular aighe, nominative plural agha)
Declension edit
Declension of agh
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
agh | n-agh | hagh | t-agh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Manx edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs.
Conjunction edit
agh
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Noun edit
agh m (genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)
References edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese edit
Interjection edit
agh
- ugh (to express disgust)
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
agh | n-agh | h-agh | t-agh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “agh”, 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), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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