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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aghaidh n-aghaidh haghaidh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aghaidh n-aghaidh h-aghaidh t-aghaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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