éag
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish éc, from Proto-Celtic *ankus, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-. Cognate with Middle Welsh angheu with Breton ankou and with Latin nex, Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus). Compare Scottish Gaelic eug.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]éag (present analytic éagann, future analytic éagfaidh, verbal noun éag, past participle éagtha)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of éag (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
Synonyms
[edit]- (die): básaigh, caill (in the autonomous), faigh bás, síothlaigh
Noun
[edit]éag m (genitive singular éaga, nominative plural éaga)
- verbal noun of éag
- death
Declension
[edit]Declension of éag
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éag | n-éag | héag | t-éag |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 93
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neḱ-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish verbal nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns
- ga:Death