-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”)