aig
See also: AiG and AIG
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hauki, from Slavic. Akin to Finnish hauki.
Noun
aig
- pike (fish of the genus Esox)
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aika.
Noun
aig
- time
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɣʲ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *yegis.
Noun
aig f (genitive ega)
- ice
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aig | — | — |
| Vocative | aig | — | — |
| Accusative | aigN | — | — |
| Genitive | egoH, egaH | — | — |
| Dative | aigL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Scottish Gaelic: eigh
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
·aig
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of aigid
Verb
aig
- second-person singular imperative of aigid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aig | unchanged | n-aig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots
Etymology
Compare agg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡ/
Verb
aig (third-person singular simple present aigs, present participle aigan, simple past aiged, past participle aiged)
- (Caithness) to work eagerly
References
- “aig, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish oc, from Old Irish oc. Cognates include Irish ag and Manx ec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkʲ/
- Hyphenation: aig
Preposition
aig (+ dative)
- at, by, near, closeby
- Tha am balach na laighe aig an taigh. ― The boy is lying at the house.
- A bheil iad aig an taigh? ― Are they at home?
- in somebody's possession
- Bha dithis mhac aig an duine. ― The man had two sons.
- Tha lèine gheal agam, ach tha lèine dhubh agad. ― I have a white shirt, but you have a black shirt.
- on account of
- aig meud aigheir ― on account of his excessive joy
Usage notes
- Scottish Gaelic doesn't have a verb equivalent to English have: possession is expressed using the preposition aig.
- Tha càr ùr aig an teaghlach. ― The family has a new car. (literally, “A new car is at the family.”)
- The word aig and its derivates are also often used to express possession attributively instead of possessive pronouns:
- an taigh agam ― my house (literally, “the house at me”)
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 | |||||||
Derived terms
- ag, a'
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “aig”, 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, Grant, John (1925), Edinburgh, compiled by Malcolm MacLennan
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aika.
Noun
aig
- time
- age, era
- (grammar) tense
Inflection
| Inflection of aig (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | aig | ||
| genitive sing. | aigan | ||
| partitive sing. | aigad | ||
| partitive plur. | aigoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aig | aigad | |
| accusative | aigan | aigad | |
| genitive | aigan | aigoiden | |
| partitive | aigad | aigoid | |
| essive-instructive | aigan | aigoin | |
| translative | aigaks | aigoikš | |
| inessive | aigas | aigoiš | |
| elative | aigaspäi | aigoišpäi | |
| illative | aigaha | aigoihe | |
| adessive | aigal | aigoil | |
| ablative | aigalpäi | aigoilpäi | |
| allative | aigale | aigoile | |
| abessive | aigata | aigoita | |
| comitative | aiganke | aigoidenke | |
| prolative | aigadme | aigoidme | |
| approximative I | aiganno | aigoidenno | |
| approximative II | aigannoks | aigoidennoks | |
| egressive | aigannopäi | aigoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | aigahasai | aigoihesai | |
| terminative II | aigalesai | aigoilesai | |
| terminative III | aigassai | — | |
| additive I | aigahapäi | aigoihepäi | |
| additive II | aigalepäi | aigoilepäi | |
Derived terms
- aiganlugend
- aiganlugu
- aiganmänetand
- aigbilet
- aigkeskust
- aigkirj
- aigkirjutez
- aigleht
- aigmär
- aigmäričez
- aigraha
- aigtego
- aigvozne
- keskaig
- kiruhaig
- kodvaig
- kokindaig
- kožmuzaig
- laps'aig
- märaig
- neidižaig
- nor'aig
- opalaig
- openduzaig
- prihaaig
- radandaig
- rat'kaig
- rigoaig
- varjoičendaig
- voz'aig
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “время, эпоха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aika.
Noun
aig (genitive ao, partitive aigo)
- time
- (grammar) tense
Inflection
Inflection of aig
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aig | aoq |
| accusative | ao | aoq |
| genitive | ao | aigõ |
| partitive | aigo | aigõ |
| illative | aigo | aigõ aigõhe |
| inessive | aon aohn | aen aehn |
| elative | aost | aest |
| allative | aolõ | aelõ |
| adessive | aol | ael |
| ablative | aolt | aelt |
| translative | aos | aes |
| terminative | aoniq | aeniq |
| abessive | aoldaq | aeldaq |
| comitative | aogaq | aigõgaq |
Derived terms
- ollõvaig
- minnevaig