-aigeadh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • -igeadh (after a slender consonant)

Etymology

-aig +‎ -adh

Suffix

-aigeadh m

  1. noun ending, productively used to turn loanwords into Gaelic verbal nouns, as well as certain native words
    ‎use + ‎-aigeadh → ‎iùsaigeadh (“using”)
    ‎resign + ‎-aigeadh → ‎resignigeadh (“resigning”)
    ‎iarann + ‎-aigeadh → ‎iarnaigeadh (“ironing; laundry that has been ironed”)
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