aigéan

Irish

Alternative forms

aigéal

Etymology

From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɟeːnˠ/

Noun

aigéan m (genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)

ocean
Synonym: farraige mhór

Declension

Declension of aigéan (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	aigéan	aigéin
vocative	a aigéin	a aigéana
genitive	aigéin	aigéan
dative	aigéan	aigéin

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-aigéan	na haigéin
genitive	an aigéin	na n-aigéan
dative	leis an aigéan don aigéan	leis na haigéin

oceans: aigéin: Aigéan Antartach · Aigéan Artach · Aigéan Atlantach · Aigéan Ciúin · Aigéan Indiach^[edit]

Derived terms

aigéanach (“oceanic”, adjective)
aigéaneolaíoch (“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
aigéaneolaíocht f (“oceanography”)
aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, adjective)
Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, noun)
An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)
An tAigéan Atlantach (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
An tAigéan Ciúin, An Ciúin-Aigéan (“the Pacific Ocean”)
An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *aigéan*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aigéan	n-aigéan	haigéan	t-aigéan

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) “aigéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aigéan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“aigéan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025