airgead

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Contents 1 Irish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Declension 1.3.2 Mutation 2 Scottish Gaelic 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.4 Declension

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“‘silver’”) < Proto-Celtic *arganto- (cf. Welsh arian) < Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“‘to shine’”) (cf. Latin silver)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɾʲəɟəd̪ˠ/

[edit] Noun

airgead m.

1. money
2. silver

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Alternative spellings

• airgiod

[edit] Etymology

Old Irish argat (“‘silver’”) < Proto-Celtic *arganto- (cf. Welsh arian) < Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“‘to shine’”) (cf. Latin silver)

[edit] Noun

airgead m.

1. money
2. silver

[edit] Declension

airgead m. (genitive airgid, no plural )