aig

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

aig

1. water

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hauki, from Slavic. Akin to Finnish hauki.

Noun

aig

1. pike (fish of the genus Esox)

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aika.

Noun

aig

1. time

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *yegis.

Noun

aig f (genitive ega)

1. ice

Inflection

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: eigh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·aig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of aigid

Verb

aig

1. second-person singular imperative of aigid

Mutation

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Etymology

Compare agg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡ/

Verb

aig (third-person singular simple present aigs, present participle aigan, simple past aiged, past participle aiged)

1. (Caithness) to work eagerly

References

• “aig, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish oc, from Old Irish oc. Cognates include Irish ag and Manx ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkʲ/
• Hyphenation: aig

Preposition

aig (+ dative, no mutation)

1. at, by, near, closeby

   Tha am balach na laighe aig an taigh. ― The boy is lying at the house.

   A bheil iad aig an taigh? ― Are they at home?

2. in somebody's possession

   Bha dithis mhac aig an duine. ― The man had two sons.

   Tha lèine gheal agam, ach tha lèine dhubh agad. ― I have a white shirt, but you have a black shirt.

3. on account of

   aig meud aigheir ― on account of his excessive joy

Usage notes

• Scottish Gaelic doesn't have a verb equivalent to English have: possession is expressed using the preposition aig.

  Tha càr ùr aig an teaghlach. ― The family has a new car. (literally, “A new car is at the family.”)

• The word aig and its derivates are also often used to express possession attributively instead of possessive pronouns:

  an taigh agam ― my house (literally, “the house at me”)

Inflection

Derived terms

• ag, a'

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “aig”, 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
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aika.

Noun

aig

1. time
2. age, era
3. (grammar) tense

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “время, эпоха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aika.

Noun

aig (genitive ao, partitive aigo)

1. time
2. (grammar) tense

Inflection

Derived terms

• ollõvaig
• minnevaig