aoghaire
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish aegaire, from Old Irish augaire, from a combination of Proto-Celtic *owis (“sheep”) (see Old Irish oí) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd”) (see Ancient Greek ἀγείρω, ἀγορά (ageírō, agorá, “meeting place, market”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)
Derived terms
[edit]- aoghaireil (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)
- aoghaireach (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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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
[edit]MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aoghaire”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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