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.
From ag (to) + é (he).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɟɪ/
  • (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

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of eage

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛkʲə/
  • Hyphenation: ai‧ge

Pronoun

aige

  1. third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it
    Chan eil fhios aige.He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st agam agamsa
2nd agad agadsa
3rd m aige aigesan
3rd f aice aicese
Plural 1st againn againne
2nd agaibh agaibhse
3rd aca acasan

References

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