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-ige

-ige

See also: ige and IgE

Old Irish

Suffix

-ige m

  1. Forms nouns from existing nouns, indicating a person who engages in an activity associated with the base noun.
    cath ‎(“battle”) → cathaige ‎(“warrior”)
    mían ‎(“ore”) → míanaige ‎(“miner”)

Usage notes

After an unpalatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -aige.

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-ige'>Old Irish words suffixed with -ige</a>

References

  • Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §268

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