oighear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [əiɾˠ]

Noun

oighear m (genitive singular oighir)

ice

Declension

Declension of oighear

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	oighear
Vocative	a oighir
Genitive	oighir
Dative	oighear

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-oighear
Genitive	an oighir
Dative	leis an oighear don oighear

Derived terms

leac oighir (“(sheet of) ice”)
oighear dubh
oighreach (“glacial”, adjective)
oighear má (“field-ice”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

“oighear”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aigred”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “oiġear”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 527
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oighear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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