aigua

Catalan

Aigua

Alternative forms

• aiga, àuia
• aigo (presumably borrowed from Occitan)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan aygua~ayga, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. First attested in 1169.^[1] Compare Occitan aiga, French eau, Spanish agua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaj.ɣwə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaj.ɣwa]

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Noun

aigua f (plural aigües)

1. water

Derived terms

• aigua amunt
• aigua avall
• aigua salada
• aiguabarreig
• aiguabarrejar-se
• bossa d'aigua calenta
• fer aigües
• meló d'aigua

 

Related terms

• aigual
• aigüer
• aiguós
• aquari
• aquàrium
• aquàtic

 

References

1. “aigua”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

• “aigua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aigua” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aigua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin aqua, through Occitan and Gallo-Italic dialects. Doublet of acqua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.ɡwa/
• Rhymes: -ajɡwa
• Hyphenation: ài‧gua

Noun

aigua f (uncountable)

1. (literary, obsolete) Alternative form of acqua

Further reading

• aigua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• agua, aiga

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

aigua f (oblique plural aiguas, nominative singular aigua, nominative plural aiguas)

1. water

Descendants

• Occitan: aiga, aigua