aig

See also: AiG and AIG

Livonian

Etymology

From , from Slavic. Akin to Finnish hauki.

Noun

aig

1. pike (fish of the genus Esox)

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Noun

aig

1. time

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *yegis.

Noun

aig ?

1. ice

Inflection

Unknown gender i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: eigh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·aig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of aigid

Verb

aig

1. second-person singular imperative of aigid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aig (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish oc, ac, ic, from Old Irish oc, occ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ek/

Preposition

aig

1. At, by, near, close by.

   Tha am balach na laighe aig an taigh. ― The boy is lying at the house.

   A bheil iad aig an taigh? ― Are they at home?

2. In somebody's possession.

   Bha dithis mhac aig an duine. ― The man had two sons.

3. On account of.

   aig meud aigheir ― on account of his excessive joy

Usage notes

• Scottish Gaelic doesn't have a verb equivalent to English have: possession is expressed using the preposition aig.

  Tha càr ùr aig an teaghlach. (“The family has a new car.”, literally “A new car is at the family.”)

• Aig combines with personal pronouns to form prepositional pronouns. See Derived forms below.
• The word aig and its derivates are also often used to express possession attributively instead of possessive pronouns:

  an taigh agam (“my house”, literally “the house at me”)

Derived terms

• ag
• a'
• The following prepositional pronouns:

Personal inflection of aig
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	agam	agamsa
	2nd	agad	agadsa
	3rd m	aige	aigesan
	3rd f	aice	aicese
Plural	1st	againn	againne
	2nd	agaibh	agaibhse
	3rd	aca	acasan

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Grant, John (1925), Edinburgh, compiled by Malcolm MacLennan
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Noun

aig

1. time
2. age, era
3. (grammar) tense

Derived terms

• keskaig
• kiruhaig
• kodvaig
• kokindaig
• kožmuzaig
• laps'aig
• märaig
• neidižaig
• nor'aig
• opalaig
• openduzaig
• prihaaig
• radandaig
• rat'kaig
• rigoaig
• varjoičendaig
• voz'aig
• aigbilet
• aigkeskust
• aigkirj
• aigkirjutez
• aigleht
• aigmär
• aigmäričez
• aigraha
• aigtego
• aigvozne
• aiganlugend
• aiganlugu
• aiganmänetand

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “время, эпоха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Võro

Etymology

From .

Noun

aig (genitive ao, partitive aigo)

1. time
2. (grammar) tense

Inflection

Inflection of aig

	singular	plural
nominative	aig	aoq
accusative	ao	aoq
genitive	ao	aigõ
partitive	aigo	aigõ
illative	aigo	aigõ aigõhe
inessive	aon aohn	aen aehn
elative	aost	aest
allative	aolõ	aelõ
adessive	aol	ael
ablative	aolt	aelt
translative	aos	aes
terminative	aoniq	aeniq
abessive	aoldaq	aeldaq
comitative	aogaq	aigõgaq

Derived terms

• ollõvaig
• minnevaig