airgeadaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From airgead (“money”) +‎ -aí (agent suffix).

Noun

airgeadaí m (genitive singular airgeadaí, nominative plural airgeadaithe)

1. financier
2. monetarist

Declension

Declension of airgeadaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative airgeadaí airgeadaithe Vocative a airgeadaí a airgeadaithe Genitive airgeadaí airgeadaithe Dative airgeadaí airgeadaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airgeadaí na hairgeadaithe Genitive an airgeadaí na n-airgeadaithe Dative leis an airgeadaí don airgeadaí leis na hairgeadaithe

Derived terms

• airgeadaíoch (“monetarist”, adjective)
• airgeadaíocht f (“monetary policy, management”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

airgeadaí m pl

1. variant plural of airgead (“silver; money, sum of money”)

Etymology 3

Verb

airgeadaí

1. present subjunctive of airgeadaigh (“silver, electroplate”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airgeadaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airgeadaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airgeadaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024