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aghaidh

aghaidh

Irish

Noun

aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, nominative plural aghaidheanna)

  1. face
  2. front, aspect
  3. dial (of clock)
  4. obverse (of coin)

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Mutation

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

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish agad (face, countenance; surface; expanse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɤː.ɪ/

Noun

aghaidh f (genitive singular aghaidhe, plural aghaidhean)

  1. face
  2. surface
  3. front
  4. (slang) cheek, impudence

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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
  • agad, aiged” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.