aaght

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish oígidecht.[1] Compare Irish aíocht, Scottish Gaelic aoigheachd and Classical Gaelic aoighidheacht.

Pronunciation

Noun

aaght m (genitive singular aaght, plural aaghtyn)

  1. accommodation, lodging, board

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oígidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 54

Yola

Pronoun

aaght

  1. alternative form of aught (“anything”)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Note will wee dra aaght to-die?
      I don't know will we draw any to-day?

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59
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