agus

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See also: Agus, agús, aguş, ağuş, and aĝus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Verb

agus

  1. conditional of agi

Ido

Verb

agus

  1. conditional of agar

Ilocano

Pronunciation

Noun

águs (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. current (of water in the sea)
  2. flow (of water in a river or stream)

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

agus

  1. and
    Synonym: ⁊
    arán agus im ― bread and butter
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1:
      hug šē klox wōr, agəs xȧ šē leš ə wińōg ī.
      [Thug sé cloch mhór agus chaith sé leis an bhfuinneog í.]
      He took a big stone and he threw it at the window.
  2. while; although (introduces a small clause)
    Bhreathnaigh sí ar an teilifís agus é ina chodladh.
    She watched television while he slept. (or) She watched television although he was asleep.
  3. as
    chomh geal agus sneachta ― as white as snow
    a oiread agus ba mhian leis ― as much as he wanted
    fad agus atá tú ann ― for as long as you’re there
    ionann agus ― the same as

Derived terms

  • aguisín (“addition, addendum”)
  • agusóir (“halting, inarticulate speaker”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ocus”, 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, § 38, page 21

Further reading

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡus/
  • Rhymes: -aɡus
  • Syllabification: a‧gus

Noun

agus

  1. current

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”). Doublet of faisg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakəs/, (colloquial) /ˈaɣəs/

Conjunction

agus

  1. as well as
    aran agus ìm ― bread as well as butter
  2. as
    Tha e cheart cho math agus a bha e. ― It is just as good as it was.
  3. while; although (introduces a small clause)
    Nach truagh leat mi, agus mi am prìosan? ― Do you not pity me, although I am in prison?

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “agus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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