airgead

Irish
airgead

Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)

  1. silver
  2. money, sum of money

Declension
Declension of airgead

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airgead airgid
Vocative a airgid a airgeada
Genitive airgid airgead
Dative airgead airgid

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-airgead na hairgid
Genitive an airgid na n-airgead
Dative leis an airgead

don airgead

 leis na hairgid

Derived terms
  • airgead bán (“silver money”)
  • airgead beo
  • airgead bréige (“bad, counterfeit, money”)
  • airgead briste
  • airgead buí (“gold money”)
  • airgead cam (“illgotten money”)
  • airgead cinn (“head-money”)
  • airgead coirce (“dues”)
  • airgead croise (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
  • airgead fola
  • airgead geal (“silver money”)
  • airgead imeartha (“stakes (in gambling)”)
  • airgead inchaite (“spending-money”)
  • airgead láimhe (“cash (on hand)”)
  • airgead luachra (“meadow-sweet”)
  • airgead mion (“small change”)
  • airgead páipéir
  • airgead póca
  • airgead reatha
  • airgead rua (“copper money”)
  • airgead síos (“cash down”)
  • airgead spártha (“spare cash”)
  • airgead taisce (“savings”)
  • airgead tirim
  • airgeadaí
  • airgeadaigh
  • airgeadán
  • airgeadas
  • airgeadóir
  • airgeadpháipéar
  • airgeadra
  • airgeadsnáithe
  • airgeadúil
  • an draoi airgid (“a great amount of money”)
  • an iomad airgid (“too much money”)
  • bainistíocht airgid (“money management”)
  • bonn airgid (“silver coin”)
  • bosca airgid (“money-box”)
  • briseadh airgid (“small change”)
  • briste as airgead (“out of money, broke”)
  • bunachar airgid (“money put by, nest-egg”)
  • cabhair airgid (“help in money, subsidy”)
  • cailleadh airgid (“loss of money”)
  • caiteoir airgid (“money-spender”)
  • caitheamh airgid (“spending of money; waste of money”)
  • carn airgid
  • ceal airgid (“lack of money”)
  • cíocras airgid
  • cíocras chun airgid (“greed for money”)
  • comhartha airgid (“money token”)
  • conamar airgid (“bits of money, meagre sum of money”)
  • córas airgid (“currency system”)
  • crobh airgid (“handful of money”)
  • cruach airgid (“pile of money”)
  • cuidiú airgid (“financial assistance”)
  • cúl airgid (“reserve of money”)
  • cúnamh airgid (“financial help”)
  • cuntas airgid (“cash account”)
  • cúrsaíocht airgid (“circulation of money”)
  • deontas airgid (“money grant”)
  • díobháil airgid (“lack of money”)
  • diomailt airgid (“waste of money”)
  • dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
  • duais airgid (“money prize, purse”)
  • easpa airgid (“lack of money”)
  • éigean airgid (“need of money”)
  • fáltas éigin airgid (“some small amount of money”)
  • fear airgid (“a rich man”)
  • gréithe airgid (“silverware”)
  • íocaíocht airgid (“money payment”)
  • lamháil airgid (“money allowance”)
  • leabhar airgid (“cash-book”)
  • leagáid airgid (“money, pecuniary, legacy”)
  • lucht an airgid (“the moneyed classes”)
  • mála airgid (“money-bag”)
  • malartóir airgid
  • margadh airgid (“money-market”)
  • mionairgead
  • neamh-mheán airgid (“huge amount of money”)
  • ócáid tiomsaithe airgid
  • ordú airgid (“money order”)
  • pinginí airgid
  • pinginí beaga airgid (“a little money”)
  • púdar airgid (“plate-powder”)
  • rácadóir airgid (“croupier”)
  • sábháil airgid (“money-saving”)
  • scipéad airgid (“cash-drawer, till”)
  • scragall airgid (“silver foil”)
  • teoiric chainníocht an airgid
  • tiomsaitheoir airgid

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
  4. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
  5. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 253
  6. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɾʲɛkʲət/

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

  1. money
  2. silver

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airgeadn-airgeadh-airgeadt-airgead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, 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), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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