aige

See also: āigē and -aige

Bourguignon

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aage, eage, edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetās.

Noun

aige m (plural aiges)

1. age

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aage, eage, edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetās.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛʒ/

Noun

aige m (plural aiges)

1. (Troyen) age

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[3] (in French), Troyes

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish occo, from Old Irish occo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟɪ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɟɛ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟ(ɪ)/

Pronoun

aige (emphatic aigesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of ag: at him, at it m

Preposition

aige (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Munster form of ag

Alternative forms

• aiges (before na)

Etymology 2

Noun

aige f (genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)

1. Alternative form of uige (“woven fabric”)

Declension

Declension of aige (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aige aigí vocative a aige a aigí genitive aige aigí dative aige aigí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aige na haigí genitive na haige na n-aigí dative leis an aige don aige leis na haigí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aige

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aige	n-aige	haige	not applicable

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) “aige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigdhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Noun

aige oblique singular, m (oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)

1. Alternative form of eage

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈakʲə/
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkʲə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈækʲʌ]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈekʲə/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ge

Pronoun

aige (emphatic aigesan)

1. third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it

   Chan eil fhios aige. ― He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	agam	agamsa
	2nd	agad	agadsa
	3rd m	aige	aigesan
	3rd f	aice	aicese
Plural	1st	againn	againne
	2nd	agaibh	agaibhse
	3rd	aca	acasan