aighearach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɪə.rəx/

Adjective

aighearach

  1. exulting, joyous, gay, happy, glad, mirthful, festive, light-hearted, lively
  2. odd
    òglach aighearach ― an odd fellow

Synonyms

Mutation

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

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aighearach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aerach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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