Meaning of aig | Babel Free
ɛkʲDefinitions
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at, by, near, closeby with-dative
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Used to indicate alienable possession; to have idiomatic, with-dative
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on account of with-dative
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to have to do something idiomatic, with-dative
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to like something idiomatic, with-dative
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Used partitively to refer to a particular group of people: "of us", "of them" etc. with-dative
Examples
“Tha am balach na laighe aig an taigh.”
The boy is lying at the house.
“A bheil iad aig an taigh?”
Are they at home?
“Bha dithis mhac aig an duine.”
The man had two sons.
“Tha lèine gheal agam, ach tha lèine dhubh agad.”
I have a white shirt, but you have a black shirt.
“aig meud aigheir”
on account of his excessive joy
“tha agad ri èideadh a thaghadh”
you have to choose an outfit
“chan eil agam air”
I dislike him
“an dithis agaibh”
both of you
“an triùir aca”
the three of them
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