aghaidh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish agad (“face, countenance; surface; expanse”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe or aighthe, nominative plural aghaidheanna or aighthe)

  1. face
    Synonym: éadan
  2. front, aspect
  3. dial (of clock)
  4. obverse (of coin)

Declension

Declension of aghaidh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aghaidh aghaidheanna
vocative a aghaidh a aghaidheanna
genitive aghaidhe aghaidheanna
dative aghaidh aghaidheanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aghaidh na haghaidheanna
genitive na haghaidhe na n-aghaidheanna
dative leis an aghaidh
don aghaidh 		leis na haghaidheanna
Alternative declension
Declension of aghaidh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aghaidh aighthe
vocative a aghaidh a aighthe
genitive aighthe aighthe
dative aghaidh aighthe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aghaidh na haighthe
genitive na haighthe na n-aighthe
dative leis an aghaidh
don aghaidh 		leis na haighthe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aghaidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aghaidh n-aghaidh haghaidh not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “agad, aiged”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 3
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish agad (“face, countenance; surface; expanse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, plural aghaidhean)

  1. face
    Synonym: aodann
  2. surface
  3. front
  4. (slang) cheek, impudence

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

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