agh

See also: àgh, ágh, and -agh

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æː(x)]

Interjection

agh

1. An exclamation of mild horror, disgust or frustration

Anagrams

• HGA, hag, Hag., GAH, gha, gah

Cornish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æːx]

Noun

agh f (plural ahow)

1. race, ethnicity

   Synonym: hil

Interjection

agh!

1. oh!
2. fie!

   Synonym: fi!

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. (literary) cow, ox

Declension

Declension of agh (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative agh agha vocative a agh a agha genitive aighe agh dative agh agha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an agh na hagha genitive na haighe na n-agh dative leis an agh don agh leis na hagha

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of agh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agh	n-agh	hagh	t-agh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Manx

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

agh m (genitive singular agh, plural aghyn)

1. steed
2. riding horse

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Interjection

agh

1. ugh (to express disgust)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤɣ/^[1][2][3]

Noun

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

Mutation

Mutation of agh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
agh	n-agh	h-agh	t-agh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
2. John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
3. Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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