aigéan

Irish

Alternative forms

aigéal

Etymology

From Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Noun

aigéan m (genitive singular aigéin, nominative plural aigéin)

ocean
Synonym: farraige mhór

Declension

Declension of aigéan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aigéan	aigéin
Vocative	a aigéin	a aigéana
Genitive	aigéin	aigéan
Dative	aigéan	aigéin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-aigéan	na haigéin
Genitive	an aigéin	na n-aigéan
Dative	leis an aigéan don aigéan	leis na haigéin

Derived terms

Terms derived from aigéan

aigéanach (“oceanic”, adjective)
aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
aigéaneolaíoch (“oceanographic, oceanographical”, adjective)
aigéaneolaíocht f (“oceanography”)

Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, adjective)
Aigéineach (“Oceanian”, noun)
An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)

An tAigéan Atlantach (“the Atlantic Ocean”)
An tAigéan Ciúin, An Ciúin-Aigéan (“the Pacific Ocean”)
An tAigéan Indiach (“the Indian Ocean”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aigéan	n-aigéan	haigéan	t-aigéan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"aigéan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “aigéan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “aigéan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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