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English
Interjection
agh
- An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration
Anagrams
Cornish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
agh f (plural ahow)
- race, ethnicity
- Synonym: hil
Interjection
agh!
- oh!
- fie!
- Synonym: fi!
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).
Noun
agh f or m (genitive singular aighe, nominative plural agha)
- (literary) cow, ox
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
|
| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| agh
|
n-agh
|
hagh
|
t-agh
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Manx
Etymology 1
From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs.
Conjunction
agh
- but
- albeit
- only
- less
- except
Etymology 2
From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Noun
agh m (genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)
- steed
- riding horse
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Interjection
agh
- ugh (to express disgust)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)
- heifer, young cow
- agh thrì bliadhna a dh'aois ― a heifer three years old
- reamhar mar agh ― fat as a heifer
- luaithre aighe ― the ashes of a heifer
- Oidhche Fhéill Eoin theirear “aighean” ris na gamhna ― on St. John's Eve the stirks are called heifers.
- hind, fawn
- air tòir nan agh ciar ― in pursuit of the dusky fawns
- (rare) ox, bull, cow
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
|
| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| agh |
n-agh |
h-agh |
t-agh
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “agh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language