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)

silver
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

Terms derived from airgead

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 27.
↑ Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 253.

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”))

Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, no plural)

money
silver

Derived terms

Terms derived from airgead

airgead-beò (“mercury”)
airgead-calpa (“capital”)

airgead-pòcaid (“pocket money”)
airgead pronn (“small change”)

inneal-airgid (“cash machine”)

Mutation

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

airgead

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading