aighearach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɪə.rəx/

Adjective

aighearach

  1. exulting, joyous, gay, happy, glad, mirthful, festive, light-hearted, lively
  2. odd
    òglach aighearach ― an odd fellow

Synonyms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
  • “aerach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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