aisig

German Low German

Etymology

Related to Old Saxon egislīk, English awe and Old English ege, all from Proto-Germanic *agaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪslɪç/

Adjective

aisig (comparative aisiger, superlative aisigst)

  1. eerie, gruesome
  2. being easily scared
    He was so aisig un grüggelig.He was easily scared and afraid of ghosts.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish aisicid (returns, gives back, restores), from aisec (restitution, restoration).

Pronunciation

Verb

aisig (present analytic aiseagann, future analytic aiseagfaidh, verbal noun aiseag, past participle aiseagtha)

  1. (transitive) restore, restitute
  2. (transitive) vomit

Conjugation

Noun

aisig m

  1. genitive singular of aiseag (restoration, restitution; vomit, emetic; returns)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aisig n-aisig haisig not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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