agus
See also: Agus, agús, aguş, ağuş, and aĝus
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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Verb
agus
- conditional of agi
Ido
Verb
agus
- conditional of agar
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧gus
- IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡus/, [ˈʔaɡos]
Noun
águs
- current (of water in the sea)
- flow (of water in a river or stream)
Irish
Alternative forms
- is, a's
Etymology
From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally ‘proximity’), from Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from *onkus (“near”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/
- (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/
Conjunction
agus
- and
- Synonym: ⁊
- 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.
- 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
- aguisín (“addition, addendum”)
- agusóir (“halting, inarticulate speaker”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “agus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “agus” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “agus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
Maguindanao
Noun
agus
- current
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- (and): is
Etymology
From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from *onkus (“near”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakəs/, (colloquial) /ˈaɣəs/
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?
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “agus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language