aigéan

Irish

Alternative forms

• aigéal

Etymology

From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɟeːnˠ/

Noun

aigéan m (genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)

1. ocean

   Synonym: farraige mhór

Declension

Declension of aigéan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aigéan aigéin Vocative a aigéin a aigéana Genitive aigéin aigéan Dative aigéan aigéin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aigéan na haigéin Genitive an aigéin na n-aigéan Dative leis an aigéan don aigéan leis na haigéin

(oceans) aigéan; Aigéan Antartach,‎ Aigéan Artach,‎ Aigéan Atlantach,‎ Aigéan Indiach,‎ Aigéan Ciúin ^{(Category: ga:Oceans) [edit]}

Derived terms

• aigéanach (“oceanic”, adjective)
• aigéaneolaíoch (“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
• aigéaneolaíocht f (“oceanography”)
• aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
• Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, adjective)
• Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, noun)
• An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Atlantach (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Ciúin, An Ciúin-Aigéan (“the Pacific Ocean”)
• An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigéan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “aigéan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aigéan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.