àigh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
àigh m (genitive singular àigh)
- happiness
- prosperity
- joy
- mettlesomeness
- liberality
- gloriousness, glory
- fortune, luck, providence, auspiciousness
Derived terms
- an ainm an àigh (“in heaven's name, for goodness' sake”)
- àgh millteach m (“schadenfreude”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| àigh | n-àigh | h-àigh | t-àigh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “àigh”, 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), “ád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language