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-aige
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aige āigē
Champenois
Etymology
roa-cha fro -age, from roa-cha la -āticum
Suffix
roa-cha suffix -aige
Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
Forming collective nouns.
Middle French
Suffix
frm suffix
frm -age
Old French
Suffix
fro suffix
fro -age
Ke li Marchis m'envoia son messaige, et li Barrois a por m'amor josté (Conon de Béthune, L'autrier avint en cel autre païs)
Old Irish
Etymology
From sga cel-pro *sagiyos seeker.
Suffix
1 m
Forms nouns from existing nouns, indicating a person who engages in an activity associated with the base noun.
sga cenn head end cennaige merchant
Inflection
-aig
Derived terms
sga
Descendants
ga -aí agent 1
gd -iche 1
Suffix
sga suffix form
sga -ach gen s f
References
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