aaght

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

aaght m (genitive singular aaght, plural aaghtyn)

  1. board, lodging, digs, accommodation
  2. covert, den (of animal)

Derived terms

Verb

aaght (verbal noun aaghtaghey, present participle gaaghtaghey, past participle aaghtit)

  1. lodge
  2. shelter

Derived terms

Yola

Pronoun

aaght

  1. Alternative form of aught (anything)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Note will wee dra aaght to-die?
      I don't know will we draw any to-day?

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59
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