ághdha
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ágda, ágdae (“warlike, contentious”), from ág (“fight, battle, contest; prowess, valour”). By surface analysis, ágh (“battle, contest; prowess, valour; danger, peril; fearfulness”) + -dha.
Adjective
[edit]ághdha
- (literary) warlike
- Synonyms: ánrata, éaglannach, níothach
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ághdha | n-ághdha | hághdha | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ághdha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ágda(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language