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): /ɯː.ɛɾʲ/
Noun
aoghaire m (genitive singular aoghaire, plural aoghairean)
- herdsman, pastor, shepherd
- 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) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN