aighear

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Irish

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir)

  1. Alternative form of oighear (“ice”)

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir)

  1. Alternative form of oighear (“sore produced by chafing or cold, windgall; irritation”)

Declension

Declension of aighear (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative aighear
vocative a aighir
genitive aighir
dative aighear
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-aighear
genitive an aighir
dative leis an aighear
don aighear

Mutation

Mutated forms of aighear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aighear n-aighear haighear t-aighear

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

According to MacBain, possibly borrowed from Latin aer. Otherwise, probably from the same root as gàirdeachas (“joy, gladness, pleasure”).

Noun

aighear m (genitive singular aighir, no plural)

  1. delight, joy, merriment

Mutation

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

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

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