aiseag

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aisec (“act of restoring, giving back; restitution, restoration; a purge, vomit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aiseag m (genitive as substantive aisig, genitive as verbal noun aiseagtha)

  1. verbal noun of aisig
  2. restoration, restitution
  3. vomit, emetic
  4. (finance) returns

Declension
As substantive
Declension of aiseag

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aiseag
Vocative a aisig
Genitive aisig
Dative aiseag

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aiseag
Genitive an aisig
Dative leis an aiseag

don aiseag

As verbal noun
Declension of aiseag

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aiseag
Vocative a aiseag
Genitive aiseagtha
Dative aiseag

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aiseag
Genitive an aiseagtha
Dative leis an aiseag

don aiseag

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

References
  • "aiseag" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “aisec” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aisec (“act of restoring, giving back; restitution, restoration; a purge, vomit”).

Noun

aiseag m (genitive singular aiseig, plural aiseagan)

  1. ferry
  2. deliverance
  3. return
  4. vomit

Derived terms

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
  • “aisec” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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