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àigh
àigh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Noun
àigh m (genitive singular àigh)
- happiness
- prosperity
- joy
- mettlesomeness
- liberality
- gloriousness, glory
- fortune, luck, providence, auspiciousness
Derived terms
- an ainm an àigh (“in heaven's name, for goodness' sake”)
- àgh millteach m (“schadenfreude”)
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
- “ád” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.