aisig

German Low German

Etymology

Related to Old Saxon egislīk, English awe and Old English ege, all from Proto-Germanic *agaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪslɪç/

Adjective

aisig (comparative aisiger, superlative aisigst) (Westphalian)

  1. eerie, gruesome
  2. being easily scared
    He was so aisig un grüggelig.He was easily scared and afraid of ghosts.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aisicid (returns, gives back, restores), from aisec (restitution, restoration).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

aisig (present analytic aiseagann, future analytic aiseagfaidh, verbal noun aiseag, past participle aiseagtha) (transitive)

  1. restore, restitute
  2. vomit
    Synonyms: urlaic, bréitseáil, caith aníos, cuir aníos, sceathraigh, sceith

Conjugation

Noun

aisig m

  1. genitive singular of aiseag (restoration, restitution; vomit, emetic; returns)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisig
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aisig n-aisig haisig not applicable

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), “aisicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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