# agus
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

agus
* conditional of agi

## Ido
### Verb

agus
* conditional of agar

## Ilocano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaɡus/ [ˈʔɐ.ɡus]
* Rhymes: -aɡus
* Hyphenation: a‧gus

### Noun

águs (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜐ᜔)
* current (of water in the sea)
* 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: /ˈɑɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/
* (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈaɡəsˠ/; (unstressed) /əɡəsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

### Conjunction

agus
* 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.
* 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.
* 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”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21

### 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, 2013-2024

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

agus
* current

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɣəs/, (colloquial, unstressed) /əs/
* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈɤɣəs̪/, (colloquial, unstressed) /əs/

### Conjunction

agus
* as well as
    aran agus ìm ― bread as well as butter
* as
    Tha e cheart cho math agus a bha e. ― It is just as good as it was.
* 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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 109
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

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