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agh

agh

See also: àgh, ágh, and -agh

English

Interjection

agh

  1. An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration

Anagrams

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [æːx]

Noun

agh f ‎(plural ahow)

  1. race, ethnicity

Synonyms

Interjection

agh!

  1. oh!
  2. fie!

Synonyms

  • (fie!): fi!

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ag ‎(“bullock, cow, ox”).

Noun

agh f, m ‎(genitive singular aighe, nominative plural agha)

  1. (literary) cow, ox

Declension

Derived terms

  • agh alla ‎(“deer”)
  • agh dára ‎(“in-calf heifer”)

Mutation

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

References

  • “aġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "agh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “ag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish acht ‎(“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs.

Conjunction

agh

  1. but
  2. albeit
  3. only
  4. less
  5. except

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos ‎(“horse”).

Noun

agh m ‎(genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)

  1. steed
  2. riding horse

References

  • “acht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “ech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Interjection

agh

  1. ugh (to express disgust)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ag ‎(“bullock, cow, ox”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɤɣ]

Noun

agh f ‎(genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)

  1. heifer, young cow
    • agh thrì bliadhna a dh'aois‎ ― a heifer three years old
    • reamhar mar agh‎ ― fat as a heifer
    • luaithre aighe‎ ― the ashes of a heifer
    • Oidhche Fhéill Eoin theirear “aighean” ris na gamhna‎ ― on St. John's Eve the stirks are called heifers.
  2. hind, fawn
    • air tòir nan agh ciar‎ ― in pursuit of the dusky fawns
  3. (rare) ox, bull, cow

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
  • “ag” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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