Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɟɛ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟə/, /ˈɛɟ/

Pronoun

aige ‎(emphatic aigesean)

1. third-person singular masculine of ag: at him, at it m

Preposition

aige ‎(plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. Munster form of ag

Alternative forms

• aiges (before na)

Etymology 2

Noun

aige f ‎(genitive singular aige, nominative plural aigí)

1. Alternative form of uige ‎(“woven fabric, web; thin, transparent, fabric; tissue, gauze; composition, poem”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "aige" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• "aigdhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “oc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, 194.
• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.
• M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 94.

Old French

Noun

aige m ‎(oblique plural aiges, nominative singular aiges, nominative plural aige)

1. Alternative form of aage

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.

Pronoun

aige m

1. third-person singular masculine of aig (at him, at it m)

   Chan eil fhios aige.‎ ― He doesn't know. (Knowledge is not at him.)

Derived terms

• aigesan (emphatic)

See also

• aice
• prepositional pronoun

References

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