aaght

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

aaght m (genitive singular aaght, plural aaghtyn)

1. board, lodging, digs, accommodation
2. covert, den (of animal)

Derived terms

• aaghtee

Verb

aaght (verbal noun aaghtaghey, present participle gaaghtaghey, past participle aaghtit)

1. lodge
2. shelter

Derived terms

• aaghtee

Yola

Pronoun

aaght

1. Alternative form of aught (“anything”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Note will wee dra aaght to-die?

     I don't know will we draw any to-day?

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59