aige

See also: āigē and -aige

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɟɛ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/, /ˈɛɟ/

Pronoun

aige (emphatic aigesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of ag: at him, at it m

Preposition

aige (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Munster form of ag

Alternative forms

• aiges (before na)

Etymology 2

Noun

aige f (genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)

1. Alternative form of uige (“woven fabric, web; thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze; composition, poem”)

Declension

Declension of aige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aige aigí Vocative a aige a aigí Genitive aige aigí Dative aige aigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aige na haigí Genitive na haige na n-aigí Dative leis an aige don aige leis na haigí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aige	n-aige	haige	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "aige" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• "aigdhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 194.
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
• M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 94.

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Old French

Noun

aige m (oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)

1. Alternative form of aage

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.

Pronoun

aige m

1. third-person singular masculine of aig (at him, at it m)

   Chan eil fhios aige. ― He doesn't know. (Knowledge is not at him.)

Derived terms

• aigesan (emphatic)

See also

• aice
• prepositional pronoun

References

• “oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.