aighear

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 singular nominative aighear vocative a aighir genitive aighir dative aighear forms with the definite article 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aighear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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.