-aigh

See also: àigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• -igh (slender version)

Pronunciation

• (Ulster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [iː], [i]
• (Munster) IPA^(key): [iɟ]

Suffix

-aigh

1. broad variant of -igh

   Suffix used to form verbs from nouns; semi-productive in modern Irish.

Usage notes

• Affixed verbs ending in -aigh form a sizeable number of second-conjugation verbs. Almost all verbs in -aigh are polysyllabic, making them almost exclusively second conjugation.

See also

• -áil