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airgead

airgead

Irish

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)

  1. silver
  2. money, sum of money

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  • "airgead" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • argat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 27.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

  1. money
  2. silver

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • argat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.