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àirigh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish áirge. Compare Faroese ærgi (hill pasture, shieling).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àirigh f (genitive singular àirighe, plural àirighean)

  1. shieling
  2. hill pasture
  3. bothy

Mutation

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Mutation of àirigh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àirigh n-àirigh h-àirigh t-àirigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap