ágh

See also: agh, àgh, and -agh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ág (“fight, battle, contest; prowess, valour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Noun

ágh m (genitive singular áigh)

  1. battle, contest
  2. prowess, valour
  3. danger, peril; fearfulness
  4. success, good luck

Declension
Declension of ágh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ágh
Vocative a áigh
Genitive áigh
Dative ágh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ágh
Genitive an áigh
Dative leis an ágh

don ágh

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ágh n-ágh hágh t-ágh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “áġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "ágh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “2 ág” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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