aisig

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German Low German

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Etymology

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Related to Old Saxon egislīk, English awe and Old English ege, all from Proto-Germanic *agaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aisig (comparative aisiger, superlative aisigst) (Westphalian)

  1. eerie, gruesome
  2. being easily scared
    He was so aisig un grüggelig.He was easily scared and afraid of ghosts.

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aisicid (returns, gives back, restores), from aisec (restitution, restoration).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aisig (present analytic aiseagann, future analytic aiseagfaidh, verbal noun aiseag, past participle aiseagtha) (transitive)

  1. restore, restitute
  2. vomit
    Synonyms: urlaic, bréitseáil, caith aníos, cuir aníos, sceathraigh, sceith

Conjugation

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Noun

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aisig m

  1. genitive singular of aiseag (restoration, restitution; vomit, emetic; returns)

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aisicid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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