aige

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.
From ag (“to”) +‎ é (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟɪ/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɟɛ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/, /ˈɛɟ/

Pronoun

aige (emphatic aigesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of ag: at him, at it m

Preposition

aige (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Munster form of ag

Alternative forms

• aiges (before na)

Etymology 2

Noun

aige f (genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)

1. Alternative form of uige (“woven fabric, web; thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze; composition, poem”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigdhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 298
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94

Old French

Noun

aige oblique singular, m (oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)

1. Alternative form of eage

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkʲə/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ge

Pronoun

aige

1. third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it

   Chan eil fhios aige. ― He doesn't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at him.”)

Inflection

References

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