airgead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *arganto- (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”))

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɾʲəɟəd̪ˠ/

Noun

airgead m.

1. money
2. silver

Declension

First declension

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

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

Mutation

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• airgiod

Etymology

Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *arganto- (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”))

Noun

airgead m. (genitive airgid, no plural)

1. money
2. silver

Derived terms

• airgead-beò - mercury
• airgead-calpa - capital
• airgead-pòcaid - pocket money
• airgead pronn - small change
• inneal-airgid - cash machine