airgead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)

  1. silver
  2. money, sum of money

Declension

Declension of airgead (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative airgead airgid
vocative a airgid a airgeada
genitive airgid airgead
dative airgead airgid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-airgead na hairgid
genitive an airgid na n-airgead
dative leis an airgead
don airgead 		leis na hairgid

Derived terms

  • airgead bán (“silver money”)
  • airgead beo
  • airgead bréige (“bad, counterfeit, money”)
  • airgead briste
  • airgead buí (“gold money”)
  • airgead cam (“illgotten money”)
  • airgead cinn (“head-money”)
  • airgead coirce (“dues”)
  • airgead croise (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
  • airgead fola
  • airgead geal (“silver money”)
  • airgead imeartha (“stakes (in gambling)”)
  • airgead inchaite (“spending-money”)
  • airgead láimhe (“cash (on hand)”)
  • airgead luachra (“meadow-sweet”)
  • airgead mion (“small change”)
  • airgead páipéir
  • airgead póca
  • airgead reatha
  • airgead rua (“copper money”)
  • airgead síos (“cash down”)
  • airgead spártha (“spare cash”)
  • airgead taisce (“savings”)
  • airgead tirim
  • airgeadaí
  • airgeadaigh
  • airgeadán
  • airgeadas
  • airgeadóir
  • airgeadpháipéar
  • airgeadra
  • airgeadsnáithe
  • airgeadúil
  • an draoi airgid (“a great amount of money”)
  • an iomad airgid (“too much money”)
  • bainistíocht airgid (“money management”)
  • bonn airgid (“silver coin”)
  • bosca airgid (“money-box”)
  • briseadh airgid (“small change”)
  • briste as airgead (“out of money, broke”)
  • bunachar airgid (“money put by, nest-egg”)
  • cabhair airgid (“help in money, subsidy”)
  • cailleadh airgid (“loss of money”)
  • caiteoir airgid (“money-spender”)
  • caitheamh airgid (“spending of money; waste of money”)
  • carn airgid
  • ceal airgid (“lack of money”)
  • cíocras airgid
  • cíocras chun airgid (“greed for money”)
  • comhartha airgid (“money token”)
  • conamar airgid (“bits of money, meagre sum of money”)
  • córas airgid (“currency system”)
  • crobh airgid (“handful of money”)
  • cruach airgid (“pile of money”)
  • cuidiú airgid (“financial assistance”)
  • cúl airgid (“reserve of money”)
  • cúnamh airgid (“financial help”)
  • cuntas airgid (“cash account”)
  • cúrsaíocht airgid (“circulation of money”)
  • deontas airgid (“money grant”)
  • díobháil airgid (“lack of money”)
  • diomailt airgid (“waste of money”)
  • dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
  • duais airgid (“money prize, purse”)
  • easpa airgid (“lack of money”)
  • éigean airgid (“need of money”)
  • fáltas éigin airgid (“some small amount of money”)
  • fear airgid (“a rich man”)
  • gréithe airgid (“silverware”)
  • íocaíocht airgid (“money payment”)
  • lamháil airgid (“money allowance”)
  • leabhar airgid (“cash-book”)
  • leagáid airgid (“money, pecuniary, legacy”)
  • lucht an airgid (“the moneyed classes”)
  • mála airgid (“money-bag”)
  • malartóir airgid
  • margadh airgid (“money-market”)
  • mionairgead
  • neamh-mheán airgid (“huge amount of money”)
  • ócáid tiomsaithe airgid
  • ordú airgid (“money order”)
  • pinginí airgid
  • pinginí beaga airgid (“a little money”)
  • púdar airgid (“plate-powder”)
  • rácadóir airgid (“croupier”)
  • sábháil airgid (“money-saving”)
  • scipéad airgid (“cash-drawer, till”)
  • scragall airgid (“silver foil”)
  • teoiric chainníocht an airgid
  • tiomsaitheoir airgid

Mutation

Mutated forms of airgead
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airgead n-airgead hairgead t-airgead

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
  6. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 253, page 49

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid or airgead, no plural)

  1. money
  2. silver

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 252
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 15
  5. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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