ághdha
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ágda, ágdae (“warlike, contentious”), from ág (“fight, battle, contest; prowess, valour”). By surface analysis, ágh (“battle, contest; prowess, valour; danger, peril; fearfulness”) + -dha.
Adjective[edit]
ághdha
- (literary) warlike
- Synonyms: ánrata, éaglannach, níothach
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ághdha | n-ághdha | hághdha | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ághdha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ágda(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language