agus

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Verb

agus

1. conditional of agi

Ido

Verb

agus

1. conditional of agar

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡus/ [ˈʔɐ.ɡus]
• Rhymes: -aɡus
• Hyphenation: a‧gus

Noun

águs (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜐ᜔)

1. current (of water in the sea)
2. flow (of water in a river or stream)

Irish

Alternative forms

• is, a's

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

Conjunction

agus

1. and

   Synonym: ⁊

   arán agus im ― bread and butter

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 1:

     hug šē klox wōr, agəs xȧ šē leš ə wińōg ī.

     [Thug sé cloch mhór agus chaith sé leis an bhfuinneog í.]

     He took a big stone and he threw it at the window.

2. while; although (introduces a small clause)

   Bhreathnaigh sí ar an teilifís agus é ina chodladh.

   She watched television while he slept. (or) She watched television although he was asleep.

3. as

   chomh geal agus sneachta ― as white as snow

   a oiread agus ba mhian leis ― as much as he wanted

   fad agus atá tú ann ― for as long as you’re there

   ionann agus ― the same as

Derived terms

• aguisín (“addition, addendum”)
• agusóir (“halting, inarticulate speaker”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agus”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “agus”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “agus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡus/ [ˈʔa.ɡuʂ]
• Rhymes: -aɡus
• Syllabification: a‧gus

Noun

agus

1. current

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus (“and”) (originally “proximity”), from Proto-Celtic *adgostus (“near”). Doublet of faisg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɣəs/, (colloquial, unstressed) /əs/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈɤɣəs̪/, (colloquial, unstressed) /əs/

Conjunction

agus

1. as well as

   aran agus ìm ― bread as well as butter

2. as

   Tha e cheart cho math agus a bha e. ― It is just as good as it was.

3. while; although (introduces a small clause)

   Nach truagh leat mi, agus mi am prìosan? ― Do you not pity me, although I am in prison?

Derived terms

• is

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “agus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC