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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/, /ˈɑɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/
• (Galway, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/

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

• Alternative plural: airgeadaí

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

Mutated forms of airgead

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airgead	n-airgead	hairgead	t-airgead

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) “airgead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airgead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airgead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• airgiod

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

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈaðakʲət̪/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾʲɛkʲət̪/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈæ.ɾʲækʲət̪~ˈæ.ʒækʲət̪]

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

1. money
2. silver

Derived terms

• airgead pronn
• airgead-beò
• airgead-calpa
• airgead-pòcaid
• inneal-airgid

 

Mutation

Mutation of airgead

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

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language