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aigéan

aigéan

Irish

Alternative forms

aigéal

Noun

aigéan m ‎(genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)

ocean

Declension

Declension of aigéan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aigéan	aigéin
Vocative	a aigéin	a aigéana
Genitive	aigéin	aigéan
Dative	aigéan	aigéin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aigéan	na haigéin
Genitive	an aigéin	na n-aigéan
Dative	leis an aigéan don aigéan	leis na haigéin

Synonyms

farraige mhór

Derived terms

aigéaneolaí m ‎(“oceanographer”)
aigéaneolaíoch ‎(“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
aigéaneolaíocht f ‎(“oceanography”)
aigéanach ‎(“oceanic”)
Aigéineach ‎(“Oceanian”, noun/adj)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aigéan	n-aigéan	haigéan	t-aigéan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"aigéan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.