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Agus
Agus
Malay
Etymology
From bagus, from Proto-Malayic *bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bagus, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bagus, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *bagus.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /aɡos/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /aɡʊs/
- Rhymes: -agos, -gos, -os
Proper noun
Agus (Jawi spelling اݢوس)
- Alternative form of Bagus, A male given name
agus
agus
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally ‘proximity’), from Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from *onkus (“near”)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
agus
- and
- arán agus im ― bread and butter
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 1:
- hug šē klox wōr, agəs xȧ šē leš ə wińōg ī.
- conventional orthography: Thug sé cloch mhór agus chaith sé leis an bhfuinneog í.
- He took a big stone and he threw it at the window.
- conventional orthography: Thug sé cloch mhór agus chaith sé leis an bhfuinneog í.
- hug šē klox wōr, agəs xȧ šē leš ə wińōg ī.
- while; although (introduces a small clause)
- Bhreathnaigh sí ar an teilifís agus é ina chodladh.
- She watched television while he slept. (or) She watched television although he was asleep.
- Bhreathnaigh sí ar an teilifís agus é ina chodladh.
- as
- chomh geal agus sneachta ― as white as snow
- a oiread agus ba mhian leis ― as much as he wanted
- fad agus atá tú ann ― for as long as you’re there
- ionann agus ― the same as
Derived terms
Synonyms
References
- "agus" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ocus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- (and): is
Etymology
From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally ‘proximity’), from Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from *onkus (“near”)
Conjunction
agus
- and
- aran agus ìm ― bread and butter
- as
- Tha e cheart cho math agus a bha e. ― It is just as good as it was.
- while; although (introduces a small clause)
- Nach truagh leat mi, agus mi am prìosan?
- Do you not pity me, although I am in prison?
- Nach truagh leat mi, agus mi am prìosan?
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
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
- “ocus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.