aoghaire

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aegaire, from Old Irish augaire, from a combination of Proto-Celtic *owis (“sheep”) (see Old Irish oí) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd”) (see Ancient Greek ἀγείρω, ἀγορά (ageírō, agorá, “meeting place, market”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯː.ɛɾʲ/

Noun

aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)

1. herdsman, pastor, shepherd
2. pastor (ecclesiastical)

Derived terms

• aoghaireil (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)
• aoghaireach (“pastoral, pertaining to a herdsman/pastor/shepherd”)

Mutation

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

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aoghaire”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN