agh

agh

1. An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration

• HGA, Hag., gah, gha, hag

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• IPA^(key): [æːx]

agh f (plural ahow)

1. race, ethnicity

   Synonym: hil

agh!

1. oh!
2. fie!

   Synonym: fi!

From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).

agh f or m (genitive singular aighe, nominative plural agha)

1. (literary) cow, ox

• agh alla (“deer”)
• agh dára (“in-calf heifer”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish acht (“but, except”), from Proto-Celtic *extos, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵʰs.

agh

1. but

   By vie lhiam cur da'n chayt ayd agh cha bloys dou.

   I'd like to lash your cat but I dare not.

2. albeit
3. only

   Cha daink eh agh dy akin cre va goll.

   He only came to see what was doing.

4. less
5. except

From Old Irish ech, from Proto-Celtic *ekʷos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

agh m (genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)

1. steed
2. riding horse

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

agh

1. ugh (to express disgust)

From Old Irish ag (“bullock, cow, ox”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɤɣ]

agh f (genitive singular aighe, plural aighean)

1. heifer, young cow

   agh thrì bliadhna a dh'aois ― a heifer three years old

   reamhar mar agh ― fat as a heifer

   luaithre aighe ― the ashes of a heifer

   Oidhche Fhéill Eoin theirear “aighean” ris na gamhna ― on St. John's Eve the stirks are called heifers.

2. hind, fawn

   air tòir nan agh ciar ― in pursuit of the dusky fawns

3. (rare) ox, bull, cow

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “agh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language