agús

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See also: agus, Agus, aguş, ağuş, and aĝus

Irish

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Etymology

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Probably related to agus (“and”), originally "proximity."[1] Also compare Welsh agos (“near, close”).

Noun

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agús m (genitive singular agúis, nominative plural agúis)

  1. addition, qualification
  2. clause, reservation

Declension

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Declension of agús (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative agús agúis
vocative a agúis a agúsa
genitive agúis agús
dative agús agúis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-agús na hagúis
genitive an agúis na n-agús
dative leis an agús
don agús 		leis na hagúis

Mutation

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Mutated forms of agús
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
agús n-agús hagús t-agús

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

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “agús”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page agús

Further reading

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