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aghaidh
aghaidh
Irish
Noun
aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, nominative plural aghaidheanna)
Declension
Declension of aghaidh
Second declension
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Synonyms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aghaidh | n-aghaidh | haghaidh | t-aghaidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “agad, aiged” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 3.
- "aghaidh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish agad (“face, countenance; surface; expanse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɤː.ɪ/
Noun
aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, plural aghaidhean)
Synonyms
- (face): aodann
Derived terms
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “agad, aiged” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.