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Irish
Noun
aighear m (genitive singular aighir)
- Alternative form of oighear (“ice”)
Noun
aighear m (genitive singular aighir)
- Alternative form of oighear (“sore produced by chafing or cold, windgall; irritation”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aighear
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n-aighear
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haighear
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t-aighear
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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)
- delight, joy, merriment
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.