airgead

Irish

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): /ˈaɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈæɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ/[1][2]

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 a dhéanamh (ar) (“to make, earn, money (at, on); to make a profit (on)”)
  • airgeadaí m (“financier”)
  • airgeadaigh (“silver, electroplate”, verb)
  • airgeadán m (“agrimony”)
  • airgeadas m (“finance”)
  • airgead bán m (“silver money”)
  • airgead beo m (“quicksilver, mercury”)
  • airgead bréige m (“bad, counterfeit, money”)
  • airgead briste m, briseadh airgid m (“small change”)
  • airgead buí m (“gold money”)
  • airgead cam m (“illgotten money”)
  • airgead cinn m (“head-money”)
  • airgead coirce m (“dues”)
  • airgead croise m (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
  • airgead fola m (“blood-money”)
  • airgead geal m (“silver money”)
  • airgead imeartha m (“stakes”) (in gambling)
  • airgead inchaite m (“spending-money”)
  • airgead láimhe m (“cash”) (on hand)
  • airgead luachra m (“meadow-sweet”)
  • airgead mion m (“small change”)
  • airgeadóir m (“cashier; teller”)
  • airgead páipéir m (“paper money, paper currency”)
  • airgeadpháipéar (“silver paper”)
  • airgead póca m (“pocket-money”)
  • airgeadra m, airgead reatha m (“currency”)
  • airgead rua m (“copper money”)
  • airgead síos m (“cash down”)
  • airgeadsnáithe m (“silver thread; (silver) purl”)
  • airgead spártha m (“spare cash”)
  • airgead taisce m (“savings”)
  • airgead tirim m (“cash”)
  • airgeadúil (“silvery; financial; moneyed; profitable”)
  • an draoi airgid (“a great amount of money”)
  • an iomad airgid (“too much money”)
  • bainistíocht airgid (“money management”)
  • bonn airgid m (“silver coin”)
  • bosca airgid (“money-box”)
  • briste as airgead (“out of money, broke”)
  • bunachar airgid m (“money put by, nest-egg”)
  • cabhair airgid f (“help in money, subsidy”)
  • cailleadh airgid (“loss of money”)
  • caiteoir airgid (“money-spender”)
  • caitheamh airgid (“spending of money; waste of money”)
  • carn airgid, cruach airgid (“pile of money”)
  • 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”)
  • cuidiú airgid (“financial assistance”)
  • cúl airgid (“reserve of money”)
  • cúnamh airgid (“financial help”)
  • cuntas airgid m (“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 m (“a rich man”)
  • goradh airgid (“a lot of money”)
  • gréithe airgid (“silverware”)
  • íocaíocht airgid (“money payment”)
  • lamháil airgid (“money allowance”)
  • leabhar airgid m (“cash-book”)
  • leagáid airgid (“money, pecuniary, legacy”)
  • lucht an airgid (“the moneyed classes”)
  • mála airgid (“money-bag”)
  • malartóir airgid m (“money changer”)
  • margadh airgid (“money-market”)
  • neamh-mheán airgid (“huge amount of money”)
  • ordú airgid m (“money order”)
  • pinginí airgid f pl, pinginí beaga airgid f pl (“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 (“quantity theory of money”)

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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 27.
  2. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 253.

Further reading
  • "airgead" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “argat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “airgead” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “airgead” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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”))

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
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “argat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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