airgead

Irish

Etymology

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From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)

1. silver
2. money, sum of money

Declension

Declension of airgead

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative airgead airgid Vocative a airgid a airgeada Genitive airgid airgead Dative airgead airgid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airgead na hairgid Genitive an airgid na n-airgead Dative leis an airgead don airgead leis na hairgid

• Alternative plural: airgeadaí

Derived terms

• airgead a dhéanamh (ar) (“to make, earn, money (at, on); to make a profit (on)”)
• airgead bán m (“silver money”)
• airgead beo m (“quicksilver, mercury”)
• airgead bréige m (“bad, counterfeit, money”)
• airgead briste m, briseadh airgid m (“small change”)
• airgead buí m (“gold money”)
• airgead cam m (“illgotten money”)
• airgead cinn m (“head-money”)
• airgead coirce m (“dues”)
• airgead croise m (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
• airgead fola m (“blood-money”)
• airgead geal m (“silver money”)
• airgead imeartha m (“stakes”) (in gambling)
• airgead inchaite m (“spending-money”)
• airgead láimhe m (“cash”) (on hand)
• airgead luachra m (“meadow-sweet”)
• airgead mion m (“small change”)
• airgead páipéir m (“paper money, paper currency”)
• airgead póca m (“pocket-money”)
• airgead rua m (“copper money”)
• airgead síos m (“cash down”)
• airgead spártha m (“spare cash”)
• airgead taisce m (“savings”)
• airgead tirim m (“cash”)
• airgeadaigh (“silver, electroplate”, verb)
• airgeadaí m (“financier”)
• airgeadán m (“agrimony”)
• airgeadas m (“finance”)
• airgeadóir m (“cashier; teller”)
• airgeadpháipéar (“silver paper”)
• airgeadra m, airgead reatha m (“currency”)
• airgeadsnáithe m (“silver thread; (silver) purl”)
• airgeadúil (“silvery; financial; moneyed; profitable”)
• an draoi airgid (“a great amount of money”)
• an iomad airgid (“too much money”)
• bainistíocht airgid (“money management”)
• bonn airgid m (“silver coin”)
• bosca airgid (“money-box”)
• briste as airgead (“out of money, broke”)
• bunachar airgid m (“money put by, nest-egg”)
• cabhair airgid f (“help in money, subsidy”)
• cailleadh airgid (“loss of money”)
• caiteoir airgid (“money-spender”)
• caitheamh airgid (“spending of money; waste of money”)
• carn airgid, cruach airgid (“pile of money”)
• ceal airgid (“lack of money”)
• cíocras airgid, cíocras chun airgid (“greed for money”)
• comhartha airgid (“money token”)
• conamar airgid (“bits of money, meagre sum of money”)
• córas airgid (“currency system”)
• crobh airgid (“handful of money”)
• cuidiú airgid (“financial assistance”)
• cúl airgid (“reserve of money”)
• cúnamh airgid (“financial help”)
• cuntas airgid m (“cash account”)
• cúrsaíocht airgid (“circulation of money”)
• deontas airgid (“money grant”)
• díobháil airgid (“lack of money”)
• diomailt airgid (“waste of money”)
• dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
• duais airgid (“money prize, purse”)
• easpa airgid (“lack of money”)
• éigean airgid (“need of money”)
• fáltas éigin airgid (“some small amount of money”)
• fear airgid m (“a rich man”)
• goradh airgid (“a lot of money”)
• gréithe airgid (“silverware”)
• íocaíocht airgid (“money payment”)
• lamháil airgid (“money allowance”)
• leabhar airgid m (“cash-book”)
• leagáid airgid (“money, pecuniary, legacy”)
• lucht an airgid (“the moneyed classes”)
• mála airgid (“money-bag”)
• malartóir airgid m (“money changer”)
• margadh airgid (“money-market”)
• neamh-mheán airgid (“huge amount of money”)
• ordú airgid m (“money order”)
• pinginí airgid f pl, pinginí beaga airgid f pl (“a little money”)
• púdar airgid (“plate-powder”)
• rácadóir airgid (“croupier”)
• sábháil airgid (“money-saving”)
• scipéad airgid (“cash-drawer, till”)
• scragall airgid (“silver foil”)
• teoiric chainníocht an airgid (“quantity theory of money”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airgead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airgead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airgead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• airgiod

Etymology

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From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”))

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

1. money
2. silver

Derived terms

• airgead pronn (“small change”)
• airgead-beò (“mercury”)
• airgead-calpa (“capital”)
• airgead-pòcaid (“pocket money”)
• inneal-airgid (“cash machine”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airgead	n-airgead	h-airgead	t-airgead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language