airigh

See also: áirigh

English

Noun

airigh (plural airighs)

  1. (Scotland) A shieling (area of summer pasture).

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲɪɟ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲə/, /ˈæɾʲə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈæːɾʲə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲi/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airigidir (perceives, notices), from aire (freeman, nobleman).[1]

Verb

airigh (present analytic airíonn, future analytic aireoidh, verbal noun aireachtáil, past participle airithe)

  1. perceive, sense
    Synonyms: braith, mothaigh
  2. feel
    Synonyms: braith, mothaigh
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28:
      æŕīm cinəs.
      [Airím tinneas.]
      I feel sick.
      (literally, “I feel sickness.”)
  3. hear
  4. (fishing) get a bite
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airigh m

  1. inflection of aireach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun

airigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of aire

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airigh n-airigh hairigh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airigidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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