-aigh

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See also: àigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • -igh (slender version)

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-aigh

  1. broad variant of -igh
    Suffix used to form verbs from nouns; semi-productive in modern Irish.

Usage notes

  • Affixed verbs ending in -aigh form a sizeable number of second-conjugation verbs. Almost all verbs in -aigh are polysyllabic, making them almost exclusively second conjugation.

See also