-aig

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • -ig (after a slender consonant)

Suffix

-aig m

  1. verbal ending, productively used to turn loanwords into Gaelic verbs
    ‎bother + ‎-aig → ‎bodraig (“bother, make trouble with”)
    ‎deal + ‎-aig → ‎dèilig (“deal, transact”)
    ‎fail + ‎-aig → ‎fàillig (“fail, break down”)
    ‎clear + ‎-aig → ‎clìoraig (“clear”)
    ‎roll + ‎-aig → ‎rolaig (“roll”)
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