aaght
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish oígidecht.[1] Compare Irish aíocht, Scottish Gaelic aoigheachd and Classical Gaelic aoighidheacht.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aaght m (genitive singular aaght, plural aaghtyn)
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oígidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming), Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 54
Yola
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]aaght
- alternative form of aught (“anything”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Note will wee dra aaght to-die?
- I don't know will we draw any to-day?
References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59