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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
*aggostu-, ad-gos-; root ges, gos, carry; Lat. gero, aggestu-s, mound (Zimmer). Stokes refers it to the root angh, choke, narrow; Celtic aggúst-, from pre-Celtic aghnústu- (Lat. angustus), with accent on syllable after the root—gn with the accent on the following vowel being supposed, as in Teutonic, to produce gg. The derivation from root onk, enk, as in thig, is not tenable in view of the Welsh.
ai, sheep, swan (Carm.):
aibheil, huge (M'E.). See adhbhal.
aibheis, sea, the deep; Ir. aibheis, sea, abyss; E. Ir. aibéis, sea. This Stokes refers to a Celtic abensi-s, abhent-ti-s; root abh, as in abhainn. But cf. O. Ir. abis, from Lat. abyssus: W. affwys, bottomless pit.
aibheis, boasting; aibhsich, esaggerate; Ir. aibhseach, boasting: from the foregoing? Another form of aibhsich is aillsich.
aibhist, an old ruin (Stew.):
aibhistear, the Devil; another form of abharsair, q.v.
aibhse, spectre, so Ir.: see taibhse.
aibidil, alphabet, Ir. aibghitir, O. Ir. abbgitir, from L. Lat. abgetorium, abecedarium, the a, b, c, d, or alphabet. A dialectic form, aibirsidh, comes from the old learning system, beginning "A per se", a by itself=a, Eng. apersie. Analogised to caibideal (Meyer).
aice, proximity, Ir. aice; see taic.
aice, a lobster's burrow, also faiche.
àicheadh, deny, Ir. aithcheo, contradicting, M. Ir. aithceód: *ati-ceud- (?), "go back on"; cf. O. Ir. atchuaid, exposui, which Stokes refers to the root of chaidh, went, q.v.
aicheamhail, reprisal; cf. Ir. athghabháil; ath+gabhail.
†aicme, race, Ir., O. Ir., aicme, W. ach, pedigree, *akk-, from ak, edge; Lat. acies? Stokes cfs. Skr. anka, lap, but this would give G. àk- (ā) and a W. anc. Norse átt, family, Ger. acht, property.
aidheam, joyous carol:
aidich, confess, Ir. admhuighim, O. Ir. addaimim, W. addef: ad-dam-; root dam; Lat. domo, Eng. tame.
aifrionn, mass, so Ir., E. Ir. oifrend, W. offeren; from Lat. offerendum (Eng. offer).
aig, at, Ir. ag, O. Ir. oc; for root, see agus.
aigeann, the deep, Ir. àigeun, E. Ir. oician, W. eigion: from Lat. oceanus, Eng. ocean. There is also a by-form aigeal.
aigeannach, spirited, E. Ir. aignech; see aigneadh. Ir. aigeanta, meditative.
