airgead

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Irish

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airgead

Etymology

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From Old Irish argat (silver),[1] from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (to shine) (compare Latin argentum (silver)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)

  1. silver
  2. money, sum of money

Declension

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Declension of airgead (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative airgead airgid
vocative a airgid a airgeada
genitive airgid airgead
dative airgead airgid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-airgead na hairgid
genitive an airgid na n-airgead
dative leis an airgead
don airgead
leis na hairgid

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of airgead
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airgead n-airgead hairgead t-airgead

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 253
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish argat (silver), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (to shine) (compare Latin argentum (silver)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

  1. money
  2. silver

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

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
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language