aige

See also: āigē and -aige

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish oco, occo, ocae, occae, aci, aice, from Old Irish occo, occa, ocae, occai.
From ag (“to”) +‎ é (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɟɪ/
• (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

Declension of aige

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aige aigí Vocative a aige a aigí Genitive aige aigí Dative aige aigí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aige na haigí Genitive na haige na n-aigí Dative leis an aige don aige leis na haigí

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aige”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigdhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 298
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94

Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of eage

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aice, from Old Irish occo. Cognates include Irish aige and Manx echey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkʲə/
• Hyphenation: ai‧ge

Pronoun

aige

1. third-person singular masculine of aig at him; at it

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

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	agam	agamsa
	2nd	agad	agadsa
	3rd m	aige	aigesan
	3rd f	aice	aicese
Plural	1st	againn	againne
	2nd	agaibh	agaibhse
	3rd	aca	acasan

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language