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Middle French
Suffix
-aige
- Alternative form of -age
Old French
Suffix
-aige
- Alternative form of -age
- Ke li Marchis m'envoia son messaige, et li Barrois a por m'amor josté (Conon de Béthune, L'autrier avint en cel autre païs)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sagyos (“seeker”).
Suffix
-aige m
- Forms nouns from existing nouns, indicating a person who engages in an activity associated with the base noun.
- cenn (“end”) + -aige → cennaige (“merchant”)
Inflection
| Masculine io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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-aige
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-aigeL
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-aigiL
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| Vocative
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-aigi
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-aigeL
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-aigiu
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| Accusative
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-aigeN
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-aigeL
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-aigiuH
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| Genitive
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-aigiL
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-aigeL
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-aigeN
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| Dative
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-aigiuL
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-aigib
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-aigib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Category Old Irish terms suffixed with -aige not found
Descendants
Suffix
-aige
- genitive singular feminine of -ach
References