-aig

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • -ig (after a slender consonant)

Suffix

-aig m

  1. verbal ending, productively used to turn loanwords into Gaelic verbs
    bother + ‎-aig → ‎bodraig (bother, make trouble with)
    deal + ‎-aig → ‎dèilig (deal, transact)
    fail + ‎-aig → ‎fàillig (fail, break down)
    clear + ‎-aig → ‎clìoraig (clear)
    roll + ‎-aig → ‎rolaig (roll)