oighear

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əiɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/, [ˈei̯ɾʲə][1] (corresponding to the form oighre)

Noun

oighear m (genitive singular oighir)

  1. ice

Declension

Declension of oighear (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative oighear
vocative a oighir
genitive oighir
dative oighear
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-oighear
genitive an oighir
dative leis an oighear
don oighear

Derived terms

  • bior oighir (“ice pick (for cocktails, etc)”)
  • bosca oighir (“icebox”)
  • ciúb oighir (“ice cube”)
  • cnoc oighir (“iceberg”)
  • haca oighir (“ice hockey”)
  • leac oighir (“(sheet of) ice”)
  • meaisín oighir (“ice machine”)
  • oighear dubh
  • oighear má (“field-ice”)
  • oighreach (“glacial”, adjective)
  • paca oighir (“ice pack”)
  • piocóid oighir (“ice axe, ice pick”)
  • rinc oighir (“ice rink”)
  • scáta oighir (“ice skate”)
  • scátáil oighir (“ice skating”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of oighear
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oighear n-oighear hoighear t-oighear

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 160, page 61

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