aig

prep At, near, close by. 2 In possession. 3 On account of. 4 For. 5 On. Is mór agam sin, I value that greatly; tha déidh agam air, I desire it or him; tha cuimhne agam air, I remember him; tha tastan agam air, he owes me a shilling; tha tastan aige orm, I owe him a shilling; chan eil agam air, I dislike him, I cannot help it; chaidh agam air, I have overcome him; tha dòchas agam dheth, I have hope in him or it; tha gràdh agam dha, I love him; tha truas agam ris, I pity him; chan eil omhail agam dha, he is no concern to me; tha bàigh agam ris, I feel kindly towards him; tha fiughair agam ris, I expect him; aig an taigh, at home; aig baile, at home; aig na dorsaibh, at the door; aig meud 'àighe, on account of his excessive joy; bha aig duine àraidh dithis mhac, a certain man had two sons; tha dithis aige, he has two; chan eil mìr aige, he has not a particle; tha an t-am againn falbh, it is time for us to go; bha mìos aige a-mach, he had spent a month, (a month had gone past him); bithidh mi agad a thiotadh, I will be with you in a minute; chan eil thu agad fhéin, you are not yourself; cha ghabh mi agad, I will not engage with you; cùm agad fhéin e, keep it yourself; [chan fhaic mi dad] mura faic biodh agad, well then, be it so, I don't care if you don't. Combined with the personal pronouns thus:—

	Sing.	Plur.
1	agam	againn
2	agad	agaibh
3	aige m. aice f.	aca m. & f.
	Emphatic Forms
1	agam-sa, agam fhéin	againne, againn fhéin
2	agad-sa, agad fhéin	agaibh-se, agaibh fhéin
3	aige-san, aige fhéin m. aice-se, aice fhéin f.	aca-san, aca fhéin m. & f.

Aig enters into composition with the possessive pronouns thus, 'gam, 'gad, 'gar, 'gur &c before the infinitive mood or a verbal noun, as, 'gam bhualadh (lit. at my striking) striking me; bha mi 'gam fhalach fhéin. I was hiding myself. It is often used to give the signification of a genitive case to the noun it governs, as, an stoc aig Fionn, Fingal's horn.

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