aighearach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aighearach
- exulting, joyous, gay, happy, glad, mirthful, festive, light-hearted, lively
- odd
- òglach aighearach ― an odd fellow
Synonyms
- (lively): beò
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aighearach | n-aighearach | h-aighearach | t-aighearach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “aighearach”, 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 (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aerach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language