airgead

Irish
airgead

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

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. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
  2. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 253
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, 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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