aigéan

Irish

Alternative forms

• aigéal

Etymology

From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɟeːnˠ/

Noun

aigéan m (genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)

1. ocean

   Synonym: farraige mhór

Declension

Declension of aigéan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aigéan aigéin vocative a aigéin a aigéana genitive aigéin aigéan dative aigéan aigéin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aigéan na haigéin genitive an aigéin na n-aigéan dative leis an aigéan don aigéan leis na haigéin

(oceans) aigéan; Aigéan Antartach,‎ Aigéan Artach,‎ Aigéan Atlantach,‎ Aigéan Indiach,‎ Aigéan Ciúin ^{(Category: ga:Oceans) [edit]}

Derived terms

• aigéanach (“oceanic”, adjective)
• aigéaneolaíoch (“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
• aigéaneolaíocht f (“oceanography”)
• aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
• Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, adjective)
• Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, noun)
• An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Atlantach (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Ciúin, An Ciúin-Aigéan (“the Pacific Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aigéan

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aigéan	n-aigéan	haigéan	t-aigéan

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aigéan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aigéan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024