aigeal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

A by-form of aigean (“abyss”), from Old Irish océn, borrowed from Latin Ōceanus (compare Welsh eigion), from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

aigeal m (genitive singular aigeil, plural aigealan)

  1. sea bed

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of aigeal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aigeal n-aigeal h-aigeal t-aigeal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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