-ige
See also: ige and IgE
Middle English
Suffix
-ige
- Alternative form of -y (“-y”)
Old Irish
Etymology
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Suffix
-ige m
- Forms nouns from existing nouns, indicating a person who engages in an activity associated with the base noun.
- cath (“battle”) + -ige → cathaige (“warrior”)
Usage notes
After an unpalatalised consonant, the suffix becomes -aige.
Inflection
| Masculine io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | -ige | -igeL | -igiL |
| Vocative | -igi | -igeL | -igiu |
| Accusative | -igeN | -igeL | -igiuH |
| Genitive | -igiL | -igeL | -igeN |
| Dative | -igiuL | -igib | -igib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
Category Old Irish terms suffixed with -ige not found
Descendants
- Irish: -í, -aí
Suffix
-ige
- genitive singular feminine of -ach
References
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 268